#8BABE3#8BABE3

#8BABE3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.089 H 261.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BABE3
RGB	rgb(139, 171, 227)
HSL	hsl(218, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(218, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 24.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, 2.88, -31.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 31.80, 275.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.0134 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.089 261.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0712, 40.1589, 78.3509)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BABE3 #E3C38B

analogous

#8BD7E3 #8BABE3 #978BE3

triadic

#8BABE3 #E38BAB #ABE38B

tetradic

#8BABE3 #E38BD7 #E3C38B #8BE397

square

#8BABE3 #E38BD7 #E3C38B #8BE397

split-complementary

#8BABE3 #E3978B #D7E38B

monochromatic

#2F66C4 #5A87D7 #8BABE3 #BCCFEF #E6EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#8BABE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#8BABE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BABE3

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BABE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BABE3	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AFE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA6E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EB7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8babe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 171, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.089 261.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c3ec',
    500: '#8babe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8babe3;
$custom-light: #b0c3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8babe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.182,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73852,
    "c": 0.089,
    "h": 261.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BABE3

secondary

#F0E8DA

accent

#8A1DC9

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BABE3

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

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