#8BB1EB#8BB1EB

#8BB1EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.094 H 258.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB1EB
RGB	rgb(139, 177, 235)
HSL	hsl(216, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(216, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 24.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, 1.71, -33.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 33.10, 272.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% -0.0184 -0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.094 258.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.3602, 42.9291, 84.6879)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB1EB #EBC58B

analogous

#8BE1EB #8BB1EB #958BEB

triadic

#8BB1EB #EB8BB1 #B1EB8B

tetradic

#8BB1EB #EB8BE1 #EBC58B #8BEB95

square

#8BB1EB #EB8BE1 #EBC58B #8BEB95

split-complementary

#8BB1EB #EB958B #E1EB8B

monochromatic

#256BD7 #578EE2 #8BB1EB #BFD4F4 #E5EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#8BB1EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#8BB1EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB1EB

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB1EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB1EB	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB4EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ABEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69BDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb1eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 177, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.094 258.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c8f1',
    500: '#8bb1eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb1eb;
$custom-light: #b0c8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb1eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.25,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75461,
    "c": 0.0938,
    "h": 258.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB1EB

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8713D3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB1EB

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

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