#8BB4E7#8BB4E7

#8BB4E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.086 H 254.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB4E7
RGB	rgb(139, 180, 231)
HSL	hsl(213, 66%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(213, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 22.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, -1.02, -29.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 29.89, 268.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% -0.0234 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.086 254.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.3879, 43.8987, 81.8783)
Luminance	0.4390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB4E7 #E7BE8B

analogous

#8BE2E7 #8BB4E7 #908BE7

triadic

#8BB4E7 #E78BB4 #B4E78B

tetradic

#8BB4E7 #E78BE2 #E7BE8B #8BE790

square

#8BB4E7 #E78BE2 #E7BE8B #8BE790

split-complementary

#8BB4E7 #E7908B #E2E78B

monochromatic

#2A73CD #5893DD #8BB4E7 #BED5F1 #E6EFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#8BB4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#8BB4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB4E7

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB4E7	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B6E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ADE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BBFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 180, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.086 254.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0caee',
    500: '#8bb4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb4e7;
$custom-light: #b0caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.261,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75923,
    "c": 0.08613,
    "h": 254.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB4E7

secondary

#F1E7DA

accent

#7D18CE

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB4E7

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

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