#8BB0EC#8BB0EC

#8BB0EC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.096 H 259.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB0EC
RGB	rgb(139, 176, 236)
HSL	hsl(217, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(217, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 25.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, 2.54, -33.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 34.05, 274.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% -0.0169 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.096 259.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.3083, 42.5935, 85.3853)
Luminance	0.4260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB0EC #ECC78B

analogous

#8BE1EC #8BB0EC #968BEC

triadic

#8BB0EC #EC8BB0 #B0EC8B

tetradic

#8BB0EC #EC8BE1 #ECC78B #8BEC96

square

#8BB0EC #EC8BE1 #ECC78B #8BEC96

split-complementary

#8BB0EC #EC968B #E1EC8B

monochromatic

#2469D9 #568CE3 #8BB0EC #C0D4F5 #E5EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#8BB0EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#8BB0EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB0EC

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB0EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB0EC	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)

#9AB4EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AAEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69BDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb0ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 176, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.096 259.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c7f2',
    500: '#8bb0ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb0ec;
$custom-light: #b0c7f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb0ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.113,
    "s": 71.852,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75296,
    "c": 0.09604,
    "h": 259.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB0EC

secondary

#F2E9D9

accent

#8A12D4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB0EC

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

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