#8BB3EB#8BB3EB

#8BB3EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.092 H 256.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB3EB
RGB	rgb(139, 179, 235)
HSL	hsl(215, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(215, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 23.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, 0.60, -32.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 32.23, 271.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.0209 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.092 256.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.7581, 43.7250, 84.8206)
Luminance	0.4373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB3EB #EBC38B

analogous

#8BE3EB #8BB3EB #938BEB

triadic

#8BB3EB #EB8BB3 #B3EB8B

tetradic

#8BB3EB #EB8BE3 #EBC38B #8BEB93

square

#8BB3EB #EB8BE3 #EBC38B #8BEB93

split-complementary

#8BB3EB #EB938B #E3EB8B

monochromatic

#256FD7 #5791E2 #8BB3EB #BFD5F4 #E5EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#8BB3EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#8BB3EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB3EB

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB3EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB3EB	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB6EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ACEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69BFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb3eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 179, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.092 256.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c9f1',
    500: '#8bb3eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb3eb;
$custom-light: #b0c9f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb3eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75882,
    "c": 0.09201,
    "h": 256.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB3EB

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8313D3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB3EB

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

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