#8BB4E5#8BB4E5

#8BB4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.084 H 253.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB4E5
RGB	rgb(139, 180, 229)
HSL	hsl(213, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(213, 39%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 21.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -1.56, -28.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 28.94, 266.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.0241 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.084 253.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.1070, 43.7864, 80.3991)
Luminance	0.4379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB4E5 #E5BC8B

analogous

#8BE1E5 #8BB4E5 #8F8BE5

triadic

#8BB4E5 #E58BB4 #B4E58B

tetradic

#8BB4E5 #E58BE1 #E5BC8B #8BE58F

square

#8BB4E5 #E58BE1 #E5BC8B #8BE58F

split-complementary

#8BB4E5 #E58F8B #E1E58B

monochromatic

#2D74C9 #5994DA #8BB4E5 #BDD4F0 #E6EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#8BB4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#8BB4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB4E5

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB4E5	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B6E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ADE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CBFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 180, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.084 253.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0caed',
    500: '#8bb4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb4e5;
$custom-light: #b0caed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.667,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75839,
    "c": 0.08365,
    "h": 253.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB4E5

secondary

#F1E7DA

accent

#7B1ACB

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB4E5

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

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