#8BB3EC#8BB3EC

#8BB3EC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.093 H 257.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB3EC
RGB	rgb(139, 179, 236)
HSL	hsl(215, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(215, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 24.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, 0.88, -32.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 32.72, 271.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.0206 -0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.093 257.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.9030, 43.7829, 85.5836)
Luminance	0.4379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB3EC #ECC48B

analogous

#8BE3EC #8BB3EC #938BEC

triadic

#8BB3EC #EC8BB3 #B3EC8B

tetradic

#8BB3EC #EC8BE3 #ECC48B #8BEC93

square

#8BB3EC #EC8BE3 #ECC48B #8BEC93

split-complementary

#8BB3EC #EC938B #E3EC8B

monochromatic

#246ED9 #5691E3 #8BB3EC #C0D5F5 #E5EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#8BB3EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#8BB3EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB3EC

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB3EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB3EC	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB6EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ADEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68BFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb3ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 179, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.093 257.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c9f2',
    500: '#8bb3ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb3ec;
$custom-light: #b0c9f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb3ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.258,
    "s": 71.852,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75926,
    "c": 0.09328,
    "h": 257.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB3EC

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8412D4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB3EC

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

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