#8BABE7#8BABE7

#8BABE7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.094 H 262.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BABE7
RGB	rgb(139, 171, 231)
HSL	hsl(219, 66%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(219, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 26%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, 3.96, -33.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 33.84, 276.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.0121 -0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.094 262.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.6297, 40.3822, 81.2922)
Luminance	0.4038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BABE7 #E7C78B

analogous

#8BD9E7 #8BABE7 #998BE7

triadic

#8BABE7 #E78BAB #ABE78B

tetradic

#8BABE7 #E78BD9 #E7C78B #8BE799

square

#8BABE7 #E78BD9 #E7C78B #8BE799

split-complementary

#8BABE7 #E7998B #D9E78B

monochromatic

#2A63CD #5886DD #8BABE7 #BED0F1 #E6EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#8BABE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#8BABE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BABE7

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BABE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BABE7	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AFEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA7E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CB8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8babe7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 171, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.094 262.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c3ef',
    500: '#8babe7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8babe7;
$custom-light: #b0c3ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8babe7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.13,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74028,
    "c": 0.09435,
    "h": 262.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BABE7

secondary

#F1E9DA

accent

#8E18CE

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BABE7

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

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