#8BB4E2#8BB4E2

#8BB4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.080 H 251.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB4E2
RGB	rgb(139, 180, 226)
HSL	hsl(212, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(212, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, -2.36, -27.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 27.54, 265.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.025 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.08 251.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.6918, 43.6203, 78.2122)
Luminance	0.4362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB4E2 #E2B98B

analogous

#8BE0E2 #8BB4E2 #8E8BE2

triadic

#8BB4E2 #E28BB4 #B4E28B

tetradic

#8BB4E2 #E28BE0 #E2B98B #8BE28E

square

#8BB4E2 #E28BE0 #E2B98B #8BE28E

split-complementary

#8BB4E2 #E28E8B #E0E28B

monochromatic

#3175C2 #5A94D6 #8BB4E2 #BCD4EE #E7EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#8BB4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#8BB4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB4E2

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB4E2	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B5E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ADE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DBEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 180, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.080 251.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0caeb',
    500: '#8bb4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb4e2;
$custom-light: #b0caeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.724,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75715,
    "c": 0.07998,
    "h": 251.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB4E2

secondary

#F0E5D9

accent

#781EC8

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB4E2

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

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