#8BADDD#8BADDD

#8BADDD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.079 H 257.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BADDD
RGB	rgb(139, 173, 221)
HSL	hsl(215, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(215, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 21.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, 0.17, -27.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 27.91, 270.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.0178 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.079 257)
XYZ	xyz(38.6381, 40.5946, 74.1922)
Luminance	0.4060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BADDD #DDBB8B

analogous

#8BD6DD #8BADDD #928BDD

triadic

#8BADDD #DD8BAD #ADDD8B

tetradic

#8BADDD #DD8BD6 #DDBB8B #8BDD92

square

#8BADDD #DD8BD6 #DDBB8B #8BDD92

split-complementary

#8BADDD #DD928B #D6DD8B

monochromatic

#366CB8 #5C8CCF #8BADDD #BACEEB #E7EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#8BADDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#8BADDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BADDD

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BADDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BADDD	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70B7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8baddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 173, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.079 257.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc5e7',
    500: '#8baddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8baddd;
$custom-light: #afc5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8baddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.122,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74018,
    "c": 0.07929,
    "h": 257
  },
  "luminance": 0.40597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BADDD

secondary

#EDE4D7

accent

#8023C2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BADDD

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

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