#8BB4E4#8BB4E4

#8BB4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.082 H 252.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB4E4
RGB	rgb(139, 180, 228)
HSL	hsl(212, 62%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(212, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 21.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, -1.83, -28.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 28.47, 266.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.0244 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.082 252.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.9678, 43.7307, 79.6659)
Luminance	0.4373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB4E4 #E4BB8B

analogous

#8BE0E4 #8BB4E4 #8F8BE4

triadic

#8BB4E4 #E48BB4 #B4E48B

tetradic

#8BB4E4 #E48BE0 #E4BB8B #8BE48F

square

#8BB4E4 #E48BE0 #E4BB8B #8BE48F

split-complementary

#8BB4E4 #E48F8B #E0E48B

monochromatic

#2E74C6 #5994D8 #8BB4E4 #BDD4F0 #E6EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#8BB4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#8BB4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB4E4

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB4E4	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B6E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ADE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CBFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 180, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.082 252.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0caec',
    500: '#8bb4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb4e4;
$custom-light: #b0caec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.36,
    "s": 62.238,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75797,
    "c": 0.08242,
    "h": 252.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB4E4

secondary

#F1E6DA

accent

#7A1CCA

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB4E4

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

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