#8BAEF8#8BAEF8

#8BAEF8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.114 H 264.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BAEF8
RGB	rgb(139, 174, 248)
HSL	hsl(221, 89%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(221, 44%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 29.8%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, 6.98, -40.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 41.13, 279.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.011 -0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.114 264.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.7214, 42.5359, 94.7479)
Luminance	0.4254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8BAEF8 #F8D58B

analogous

#8BE4F8 #8BAEF8 #9E8BF8

triadic

#8BAEF8 #F88BAE #AEF88B

tetradic

#8BAEF8 #F88BE4 #F8D58B #8BF89E

square

#8BAEF8 #F88BE4 #F8D58B #8BF89E

split-complementary

#8BAEF8 #F89E8B #E4F88B

monochromatic

#185DF1 #5186F5 #8BAEF8 #C5D6FB #E2EBFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#8BAEF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#8BAEF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BAEF8

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BAEF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BAEF8	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B4FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88AAF6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63BEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8baef8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 174, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.114 264.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c5fb',
    500: '#8baef8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8baef8;
$custom-light: #b1c5fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8baef8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.734,
    "s": 88.618,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75427,
    "c": 0.114,
    "h": 264.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BAEF8

secondary

#F5EBD6

accent

#9C00E5

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BAEF8

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

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