#8BB2DE#8BB2DE

#8BB2DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.077 H 251.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB2DE
RGB	rgb(139, 178, 222)
HSL	hsl(212, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(212, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 19.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, -2.32, -26.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 26.42, 264.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% -0.0238 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.077 251.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.7485, 42.6016, 75.2216)
Luminance	0.4260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB2DE #DEB78B

analogous

#8BDCDE #8BB2DE #8D8BDE

triadic

#8BB2DE #DE8BB2 #B2DE8B

tetradic

#8BB2DE #DE8BDC #DEB78B #8BDE8D

square

#8BB2DE #DE8BDC #DEB78B #8BDE8D

split-complementary

#8BB2DE #DE8D8B #DCDE8B

monochromatic

#3573BA #5B92D0 #8BB2DE #BBD2EC #E7EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#8BB2DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#8BB2DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB2DE

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB2DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB2DE	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)

#A1B3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ABDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FBCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb2de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 178, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.077 251.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc8e8',
    500: '#8bb2de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb2de;
$custom-light: #afc8e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb2de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.807,
    "s": 55.705,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75123,
    "c": 0.07658,
    "h": 251.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB2DE

secondary

#EEE3D7

accent

#7822C3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB2DE

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

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