#8BB4EC#8BB4EC

#8BB4EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.092 H 256.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB4EC
RGB	rgb(139, 180, 236)
HSL	hsl(215, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(215, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 23.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, 0.32, -32.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 32.29, 270.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% -0.0218 -0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.092 256.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.1042, 44.1852, 85.6506)
Luminance	0.4419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB4EC #ECC38B

analogous

#8BE4EC #8BB4EC #928BEC

triadic

#8BB4EC #EC8BB4 #B4EC8B

tetradic

#8BB4EC #EC8BE4 #ECC38B #8BEC92

square

#8BB4EC #EC8BE4 #ECC38B #8BEC92

split-complementary

#8BB4EC #EC928B #E4EC8B

monochromatic

#2470D9 #5692E3 #8BB4EC #C0D6F5 #E5EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#8BB4EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#8BB4EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB4EC

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB4EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB4EC	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB7EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ADEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68C0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb4ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 180, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.092 256.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0caf2',
    500: '#8bb4ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb4ec;
$custom-light: #b0caf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb4ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.639,
    "s": 71.852,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76136,
    "c": 0.09241,
    "h": 256.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB4EC

secondary

#F2E7D9

accent

#8212D4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB4EC

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

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