#8BB4E6#8BB4E6

#8BB4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.085 H 253.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB4E6
RGB	rgb(139, 180, 230)
HSL	hsl(213, 65%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(213, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 21.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -1.29, -29.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 29.41, 267.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.0237 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.085 253.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.2471, 43.8424, 81.1366)
Luminance	0.4385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB4E6 #E6BD8B

analogous

#8BE2E6 #8BB4E6 #908BE6

triadic

#8BB4E6 #E68BB4 #B4E68B

tetradic

#8BB4E6 #E68BE2 #E6BD8B #8BE690

square

#8BB4E6 #E68BE2 #E6BD8B #8BE690

split-complementary

#8BB4E6 #E6908B #E2E68B

monochromatic

#2C73CB #5993DB #8BB4E6 #BDD5F1 #E6EFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#8BB4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#8BB4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB4E6

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB4E6	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B6E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ADE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BBFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 180, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.085 253.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0caee',
    500: '#8bb4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb4e6;
$custom-light: #b0caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.967,
    "s": 64.539,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75881,
    "c": 0.08489,
    "h": 253.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB4E6

secondary

#F1E7DA

accent

#7C19CC

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB4E6

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

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