#8BB4E1#8BB4E1

#8BB4E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.079 H 251.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB4E1
RGB	rgb(139, 180, 225)
HSL	hsl(211, 59%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(211, 38%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.2%, 20%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, -2.62, -26.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 27.08, 264.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% -0.0254 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.079 251.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.5550, 43.5655, 77.4916)
Luminance	0.4357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB4E1 #E1B88B

analogous

#8BDFE1 #8BB4E1 #8D8BE1

triadic

#8BB4E1 #E18BB4 #B4E18B

tetradic

#8BB4E1 #E18BDF #E1B88B #8BE18D

square

#8BB4E1 #E18BDF #E1B88B #8BE18D

split-complementary

#8BB4E1 #E18D8B #DFE18B

monochromatic

#3275C0 #5A95D4 #8BB4E1 #BCD3EE #E7EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#8BB4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#8BB4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB4E1

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB4E1	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B5E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ACE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EBEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 180, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.079 251.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcaea',
    500: '#8bb4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb4e1;
$custom-light: #afcaea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.395,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75674,
    "c": 0.07877,
    "h": 251.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB4E1

secondary

#EFE4D9

accent

#771FC7

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB4E1

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

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