#8BB1EC#8BB1EC

#8BB1EC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.095 H 259.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB1EC
RGB	rgb(139, 177, 236)
HSL	hsl(216, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(216, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 25%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, 1.98, -33.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 33.60, 273.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.0181 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.095 259)
XYZ	xyz(41.5051, 42.9871, 85.4509)
Luminance	0.4299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB1EC #ECC68B

analogous

#8BE1EC #8BB1EC #958BEC

triadic

#8BB1EC #EC8BB1 #B1EC8B

tetradic

#8BB1EC #EC8BE1 #ECC68B #8BEC95

square

#8BB1EC #EC8BE1 #ECC68B #8BEC95

split-complementary

#8BB1EC #EC958B #E1EC8B

monochromatic

#246BD9 #568EE3 #8BB1EC #C0D4F5 #E5EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#8BB1EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#8BB1EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB1EC

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB1EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB1EC	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB4EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ABEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69BEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb1ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 177, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.095 259.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c8f2',
    500: '#8bb1ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb1ec;
$custom-light: #b0c8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb1ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.495,
    "s": 71.852,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75505,
    "c": 0.09509,
    "h": 259
  },
  "luminance": 0.42989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB1EC

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8812D4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB1EC

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

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