#8BAEDE#8BAEDE

#8BAEDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.080 H 256.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BAEDE
RGB	rgb(139, 174, 222)
HSL	hsl(215, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(215, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 21.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, -0.12, -27.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 27.98, 269.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0187 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.08 256.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.9642, 41.0330, 74.9602)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BAEDE #DEBB8B

analogous

#8BD7DE #8BAEDE #918BDE

triadic

#8BAEDE #DE8BAE #AEDE8B

tetradic

#8BAEDE #DE8BD7 #DEBB8B #8BDE91

square

#8BAEDE #DE8BD7 #DEBB8B #8BDE91

split-complementary

#8BAEDE #DE918B #D7DE8B

monochromatic

#356DBA #5B8DD0 #8BAEDE #BBCFEC #E7EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#8BAEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#8BAEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BAEDE

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BAEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BAEDE	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB0E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A8DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70B8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8baede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 174, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.080 256.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc6e8',
    500: '#8baede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8baede;
$custom-light: #afc6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8baede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.699,
    "s": 55.705,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74272,
    "c": 0.07973,
    "h": 256.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BAEDE

secondary

#EEE4D7

accent

#7F22C3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BAEDE

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

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