#8BB3EE#8BB3EE

#8BB3EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.096 H 258.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB3EE
RGB	rgb(139, 179, 238)
HSL	hsl(216, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(216, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 24.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, 1.42, -33.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 33.70, 272.42°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.02 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.096 258)
XYZ	xyz(42.1952, 43.8998, 87.1225)
Luminance	0.4390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB3EE #EEC68B

analogous

#8BE4EE #8BB3EE #958BEE

triadic

#8BB3EE #EE8BB3 #B3EE8B

tetradic

#8BB3EE #EE8BE4 #EEC68B #8BEE95

square

#8BB3EE #EE8BE4 #EEC68B #8BEE95

split-complementary

#8BB3EE #EE958B #E4EE8B

monochromatic

#216DDE #5690E6 #8BB3EE #C0D6F6 #E4EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#8BB3EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#8BB3EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB3EE

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB3EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB3EE	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ADED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67C0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb3ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 179, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.096 258.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c9f3',
    500: '#8bb3ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb3ee;
$custom-light: #b0c9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb3ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.758,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76013,
    "c": 0.09585,
    "h": 258
  },
  "luminance": 0.43902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB3EE

secondary

#F3E8D8

accent

#860FD7

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB3EE

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

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