#8BACED#8BACED

#8BACED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.101 H 263.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BACED
RGB	rgb(139, 172, 237)
HSL	hsl(220, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(220, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 27.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, 5.04, -36.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 36.44, 277.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.0116 -0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.101 263.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.6812, 41.1062, 85.8951)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BACED #EDCC8B

analogous

#8BDDED #8BACED #9B8BED

triadic

#8BACED #ED8BAC #ACED8B

tetradic

#8BACED #ED8BDD #EDCC8B #8BED9B

square

#8BACED #ED8BDD #EDCC8B #8BED9B

split-complementary

#8BACED #ED9B8B #DDED8B

monochromatic

#2261DC #5686E5 #8BACED #C0D2F5 #E5ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#8BACED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#8BACED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BACED

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BACED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BACED	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B1F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA8EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69BAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8baced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 172, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.101 263.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c4f3',
    500: '#8baced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8baced;
$custom-light: #b0c4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8baced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.796,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74506,
    "c": 0.10135,
    "h": 263.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BACED

secondary

#F3EAD8

accent

#9310D5

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BACED

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

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