#8BB3EF#8BB3EF

#8BB3EF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.097 H 258.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB3EF
RGB	rgb(139, 179, 239)
HSL	hsl(216, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(216, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 25.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, 1.69, -34.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 34.20, 272.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% -0.0197 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.097 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.3425, 43.9587, 87.8984)
Luminance	0.4396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB3EF #EFC78B

analogous

#8BE5EF #8BB3EF #958BEF

triadic

#8BB3EF #EF8BB3 #B3EF8B

tetradic

#8BB3EF #EF8BE5 #EFC78B #8BEF95

square

#8BB3EF #EF8BE5 #EFC78B #8BEF95

split-complementary

#8BB3EF #EF958B #E5EF8B

monochromatic

#1F6DE0 #5590E8 #8BB3EF #C1D6F6 #E4EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#8BB3EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#8BB3EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB3EF

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB3EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB3EF	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB6F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ADEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67C0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb3ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 179, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.097 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c9f4',
    500: '#8bb3ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb3ef;
$custom-light: #b0c9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb3ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76057,
    "c": 0.09714,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB3EF

secondary

#F3E8D8

accent

#870ED8

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB3EF

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

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