#8BAEEC#8BAEEC

#8BAEEC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.098 H 261.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BAEEC
RGB	rgb(139, 174, 236)
HSL	hsl(218, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(218, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 26.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, 3.65, -34.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 34.97, 275.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0144 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.098 261.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9190, 41.8150, 85.2556)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BAEEC #ECC98B

analogous

#8BDEEC #8BAEEC #988BEC

triadic

#8BAEEC #EC8BAE #AEEC8B

tetradic

#8BAEEC #EC8BDE #ECC98B #8BEC98

square

#8BAEEC #EC8BDE #ECC98B #8BEC98

split-complementary

#8BAEEC #EC988B #DEEC8B

monochromatic

#2465D9 #5689E3 #8BAEEC #C0D3F5 #E5EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#8BAEEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#8BAEEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BAEEC

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BAEEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BAEEC	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B2EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA9EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69BBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8baeec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 174, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.098 261.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c6f2',
    500: '#8baeec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8baeec;
$custom-light: #b0c6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8baeec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.351,
    "s": 71.852,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74877,
    "c": 0.09799,
    "h": 261.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BAEEC

secondary

#F2E9D9

accent

#8E12D4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BAEEC

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

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