#8BB2ED#8BB2ED

#8BB2ED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.095 H 258.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB2ED
RGB	rgb(139, 178, 237)
HSL	hsl(216, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(216, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 24.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, 1.70, -33.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 33.65, 272.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0191 -0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.095 258.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.8490, 43.4418, 86.2843)
Luminance	0.4344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB2ED #EDC68B

analogous

#8BE3ED #8BB2ED #958BED

triadic

#8BB2ED #ED8BB2 #B2ED8B

tetradic

#8BB2ED #ED8BE3 #EDC68B #8BED95

square

#8BB2ED #ED8BE3 #EDC68B #8BED95

split-complementary

#8BB2ED #ED958B #E3ED8B

monochromatic

#226CDC #568FE5 #8BB2ED #C0D5F5 #E5EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#8BB2ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#8BB2ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB2ED

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB2ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB2ED	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ACEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68BFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb2ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 178, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.095 258.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c8f3',
    500: '#8bb2ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb2ed;
$custom-light: #b0c8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb2ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.122,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75759,
    "c": 0.09547,
    "h": 258.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB2ED

secondary

#F3E8D8

accent

#8710D5

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB2ED

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

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