#8BAEF9#8BAEF9

#8BAEF9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.115 H 264.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BAEF9
RGB	rgb(139, 174, 249)
HSL	hsl(221, 90%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(221, 44%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 30.1%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, 7.26, -41.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 41.64, 280.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% -0.0108 -0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.115 264.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.8769, 42.5981, 95.5671)
Luminance	0.4260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BAEF9 #F9D68B

analogous

#8BE5F9 #8BAEF9 #9F8BF9

triadic

#8BAEF9 #F98BAE #AEF98B

tetradic

#8BAEF9 #F98BE5 #F9D68B #8BF99F

square

#8BAEF9 #F98BE5 #F9D68B #8BF99F

split-complementary

#8BAEF9 #F99F8B #E5F98B

monochromatic

#175DF3 #5185F6 #8BAEF9 #C5D7FC #E2EBFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#8BAEF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#8BAEF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BAEF9

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BAEF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BAEF9	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B4FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87AAF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62BEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8baef9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 174, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.115 264.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c5fb',
    500: '#8baef9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8baef9;
$custom-light: #b1c5fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8baef9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.909,
    "s": 90.164,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75474,
    "c": 0.11534,
    "h": 264.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BAEF9

secondary

#F6EBD5

accent

#9C00E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BAEF9

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

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