Colors / blue
Carolina Blue #8AB8FE
#8AB8FEoklch(0.7772 0.1122 258.6)
Carolina Blue (#8AB8FE) is a light moderately saturated blue. In OKLCH it has lightness 77.7%, chroma 0.112 and hue 258.6°; its relative luminance is 46.8%. Black text reads best on it (APCA Lc 65, WCAG 10.37:1). It is outside the FOGRA39 coated print gamut: the closest printable color is #93B5E0 (ΔE00 4.2).
#8AB8FE in every format
| HEX | #8AB8FE |
| RGB | rgb(138 184 254) |
| HSL | hsl(216.2 98.3% 76.9%) |
| HSB / HSV | hsb(216.2 45.7% 99.6%) |
| HWB | hwb(216.2 54.1% 0.4%) |
| CMYK (formula) | cmyk(46/28/0/0) |
| CMYK (FOGRA39 coated) | cmyk(48/22/0/0) |
| CIELAB (D50) | lab(73.56 -1.91 -39.99) |
| LCh | lch(73.56 40.04 267.3) |
| OKLab | oklab(0.7772 -0.0222 -0.1100) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.7772 0.1122 258.6) |
| CIE XYZ (D65) | color(xyz-d65 0.45508 0.46839 1.00412) |
| CIE xyY | xyY(0.2361 0.2430 0.4684) |
| Display P3 | color(display-p3 0.5786 0.7165 0.9738) |
| Linear sRGB | color(srgb-linear 0.25415 0.47932 0.99110) |
| CSS name | — |
Text on #8AB8FE
White textWCAG 2.03:1 · APCA Lc 44
Black textWCAG 10.37:1 · APCA Lc 65
Color blindness
Tints and shades
#DDF0FF
#B8DAFF
#91BFFF
#79A6EB
#618DD0
#4A75B6
#335D9C
#1D4683
#06306A
#001953
#00023C