#8BB3ED#8BB3ED

#8BB3ED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.095 H 257.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB3ED
RGB	rgb(139, 179, 237)
HSL	hsl(216, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(216, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 24.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, 1.15, -33.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 33.21, 271.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% -0.0203 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.095 257.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.0487, 43.8412, 86.3509)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB3ED #EDC58B

analogous

#8BE4ED #8BB3ED #948BED

triadic

#8BB3ED #ED8BB3 #B3ED8B

tetradic

#8BB3ED #ED8BE4 #EDC58B #8BED94

square

#8BB3ED #ED8BE4 #EDC58B #8BED94

split-complementary

#8BB3ED #ED948B #E4ED8B

monochromatic

#226EDC #5690E5 #8BB3ED #C0D6F5 #E5EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#8BB3ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#8BB3ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB3ED

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB3ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB3ED	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ADEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68C0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb3ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 179, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.095 257.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c9f3',
    500: '#8bb3ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb3ed;
$custom-light: #b0c9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb3ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.51,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75969,
    "c": 0.09456,
    "h": 257.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB3ED

secondary

#F3E8D8

accent

#8510D5

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB3ED

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →