#8BB0EE#8BB0EE

#8BB0EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.099 H 260.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB0EE
RGB	rgb(139, 176, 238)
HSL	hsl(218, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(218, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 26.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, 3.08, -34.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 35.05, 275.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0163 -0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.099 260.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.6005, 42.7104, 86.9242)
Luminance	0.4271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB0EE #EEC98B

analogous

#8BE2EE #8BB0EE #988BEE

triadic

#8BB0EE #EE8BB0 #B0EE8B

tetradic

#8BB0EE #EE8BE2 #EEC98B #8BEE98

square

#8BB0EE #EE8BE2 #EEC98B #8BEE98

split-complementary

#8BB0EE #EE988B #E2EE8B

monochromatic

#2167DE #568CE6 #8BB0EE #C0D4F6 #E4EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#8BB0EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#8BB0EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB0EE

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB0EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB0EE	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FABED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68BDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb0ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 176, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.099 260.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c7f3',
    500: '#8bb0ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb0ee;
$custom-light: #b0c7f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb0ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.576,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75384,
    "c": 0.09867,
    "h": 260.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB0EE

secondary

#F3E9D8

accent

#8C0FD7

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB0EE

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

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