#8BB4E8#8BB4E8

#8BB4E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.087 H 254.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB4E8
RGB	rgb(139, 180, 232)
HSL	hsl(214, 67%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(214, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 22.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -0.76, -30.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 30.37, 268.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% -0.0231 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.087 254.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.5295, 43.9554, 82.6242)
Luminance	0.4396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB4E8 #E8BF8B

analogous

#8BE3E8 #8BB4E8 #908BE8

triadic

#8BB4E8 #E88BB4 #B4E88B

tetradic

#8BB4E8 #E88BE3 #E8BF8B #8BE890

square

#8BB4E8 #E88BE3 #E8BF8B #8BE890

split-complementary

#8BB4E8 #E8908B #E3E88B

monochromatic

#2972CF #5893DE #8BB4E8 #BED5F2 #E5EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#8BB4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#8BB4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB4E8

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB4E8	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B6EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ADE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ABFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 180, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.087 254.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0caef',
    500: '#8bb4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb4e8;
$custom-light: #b0caef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.548,
    "s": 66.906,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75965,
    "c": 0.08737,
    "h": 254.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB4E8

secondary

#F1E7DA

accent

#7E17CF

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB4E8

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

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