#8BB2E2#8BB2E2

#8BB2E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.082 H 254.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB2E2
RGB	rgb(139, 178, 226)
HSL	hsl(213, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(213, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 21.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, -1.26, -28.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 28.30, 267.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.0225 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.082 254)
XYZ	xyz(40.2910, 42.8186, 78.0786)
Luminance	0.4282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB2E2 #E2BB8B

analogous

#8BDEE2 #8BB2E2 #908BE2

triadic

#8BB2E2 #E28BB2 #B2E28B

tetradic

#8BB2E2 #E28BDE #E2BB8B #8BE290

square

#8BB2E2 #E28BDE #E2BB8B #8BE290

split-complementary

#8BB2E2 #E2908B #DEE28B

monochromatic

#3172C2 #5A92D6 #8BB2E2 #BCD3EE #E7EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#8BB2E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#8BB2E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB2E2

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB2E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB2E2	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B4E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ABE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DBDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb2e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 178, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.082 254.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c8eb',
    500: '#8bb2e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb2e2;
$custom-light: #b0c8eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb2e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.103,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75289,
    "c": 0.0815,
    "h": 254
  },
  "luminance": 0.42821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB2E2

secondary

#F0E6D9

accent

#7C1EC8

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB2E2

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

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