#8BAEED#8BAEED

#8BAEED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.099 H 261.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BAEED
RGB	rgb(139, 174, 237)
HSL	hsl(219, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(219, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 26.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, 3.92, -35.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 35.48, 276.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.0141 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.099 261.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.0647, 41.8732, 86.0229)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BAEED #EDCA8B

analogous

#8BDFED #8BAEED #998BED

triadic

#8BAEED #ED8BAE #AEED8B

tetradic

#8BAEED #ED8BDF #EDCA8B #8BED99

square

#8BAEED #ED8BDF #EDCA8B #8BED99

split-complementary

#8BAEED #ED998B #DFED8B

monochromatic

#2264DC #5689E5 #8BAEED #C0D3F5 #E5EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#8BAEED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#8BAEED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BAEED

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BAEED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BAEED	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69BBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8baeed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 174, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.099 261.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c6f3',
    500: '#8baeed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8baeed;
$custom-light: #b0c6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8baeed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.571,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74922,
    "c": 0.09932,
    "h": 261.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BAEED

secondary

#F3E9D8

accent

#8F10D5

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BAEED

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

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