#8BAEDD#8BAEDD

#8BAEDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.078 H 255.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BAEDD
RGB	rgb(139, 174, 221)
HSL	hsl(214, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(214, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 21.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -0.38, -27.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 27.49, 269.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.0191 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.078 255.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.8306, 40.9796, 74.2564)
Luminance	0.4098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BAEDD #DDBA8B

analogous

#8BD7DD #8BAEDD #918BDD

triadic

#8BAEDD #DD8BAE #AEDD8B

tetradic

#8BAEDD #DD8BD7 #DDBA8B #8BDD91

square

#8BAEDD #DD8BD7 #DDBA8B #8BDD91

split-complementary

#8BAEDD #DD918B #D7DD8B

monochromatic

#366DB8 #5C8DCF #8BAEDD #BACFEB #E7EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#8BAEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#8BAEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BAEDD

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BAEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BAEDD	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB0DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70B8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8baedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 174, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.078 255.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc6e7',
    500: '#8baedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8baedd;
$custom-light: #afc6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8baedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.39,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7423,
    "c": 0.07845,
    "h": 255.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BAEDD

secondary

#EDE4D7

accent

#7E23C2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BAEDD

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

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