#8BABE2#8BABE2

#8BABE2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.088 H 261.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BABE2
RGB	rgb(139, 171, 226)
HSL	hsl(218, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(218, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 24.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, 2.61, -31.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 31.29, 274.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% -0.0137 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.088 261)
XYZ	xyz(38.9336, 40.1038, 77.6261)
Luminance	0.4011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BABE2 #E2C28B

analogous

#8BD7E2 #8BABE2 #978BE2

triadic

#8BABE2 #E28BAB #ABE28B

tetradic

#8BABE2 #E28BD7 #E2C28B #8BE297

square

#8BABE2 #E28BD7 #E2C28B #8BE297

split-complementary

#8BABE2 #E2978B #D7E28B

monochromatic

#3166C2 #5A88D6 #8BABE2 #BCCEEE #E7EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#8BABE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#8BABE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BABE2

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BABE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BABE2	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AEE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA6E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EB7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8babe2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 171, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.088 261.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c3eb',
    500: '#8babe2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8babe2;
$custom-light: #b0c3eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8babe2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.931,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73809,
    "c": 0.08767,
    "h": 261
  },
  "luminance": 0.40106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BABE2

secondary

#F0E7D9

accent

#891EC8

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BABE2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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