#8BB2EE#8BB2EE

#8BB2EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.097 H 258.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB2EE
RGB	rgb(139, 178, 238)
HSL	hsl(216, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(216, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 25.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, 1.97, -34.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 34.14, 273.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.0188 -0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.097 258.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.9955, 43.5004, 87.0559)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB2EE #EEC78B

analogous

#8BE3EE #8BB2EE #968BEE

triadic

#8BB2EE #EE8BB2 #B2EE8B

tetradic

#8BB2EE #EE8BE3 #EEC78B #8BEE96

square

#8BB2EE #EE8BE3 #EEC78B #8BEE96

split-complementary

#8BB2EE #EE968B #E3EE8B

monochromatic

#216BDE #568FE6 #8BB2EE #C0D5F6 #E4EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#8BB2EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#8BB2EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB2EE

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB2EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB2EE	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ACED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68BFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb2ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 178, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.097 258.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c8f3',
    500: '#8bb2ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb2ee;
$custom-light: #b0c8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb2ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.364,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75803,
    "c": 0.09677,
    "h": 258.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB2EE

secondary

#F3E8D8

accent

#880FD7

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB2EE

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

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