#8BAEEF#8BAEEF

#8BAEEF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.102 H 262.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BAEEF
RGB	rgb(139, 174, 239)
HSL	hsl(219, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(219, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 27.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, 4.47, -36.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 36.50, 277.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.0135 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.102 262.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3586, 41.9908, 87.5704)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BAEEF #EFCC8B

analogous

#8BE0EF #8BAEEF #9A8BEF

triadic

#8BAEEF #EF8BAE #AEEF8B

tetradic

#8BAEEF #EF8BE0 #EFCC8B #8BEF9A

square

#8BAEEF #EF8BE0 #EFCC8B #8BEF9A

split-complementary

#8BAEEF #EF9A8B #E0EF8B

monochromatic

#1F63E0 #5588E8 #8BAEEF #C1D4F6 #E4ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#8BAEEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#8BAEEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BAEEF

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BAEEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BAEEF	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B3F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA9EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68BCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8baeef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 174, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.102 262.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c6f4',
    500: '#8baeef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8baeef;
$custom-light: #b0c6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8baeef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75012,
    "c": 0.10197,
    "h": 262.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BAEEF

secondary

#F3EAD8

accent

#910ED8

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BAEEF

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

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