#8BB2EC#8BB2EC

#8BB2EC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.094 H 258.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB2EC
RGB	rgb(139, 178, 236)
HSL	hsl(216, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(216, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 24.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, 1.43, -33.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 33.15, 272.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.0194 -0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.094 258.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.7033, 43.3835, 85.5170)
Luminance	0.4339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB2EC #ECC58B

analogous

#8BE3EC #8BB2EC #948BEC

triadic

#8BB2EC #EC8BB2 #B2EC8B

tetradic

#8BB2EC #EC8BE3 #ECC58B #8BEC94

square

#8BB2EC #EC8BE3 #ECC58B #8BEC94

split-complementary

#8BB2EC #EC948B #E3EC8B

monochromatic

#246DD9 #568FE3 #8BB2EC #C0D5F5 #E5EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#8BB2EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#8BB2EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB2EC

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB2EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB2EC	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ACEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69BFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb2ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 178, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.094 258.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c8f2',
    500: '#8bb2ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb2ec;
$custom-light: #b0c8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb2ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.876,
    "s": 71.852,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75715,
    "c": 0.09418,
    "h": 258.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB2EC

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8612D4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB2EC

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

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