#8BB4ED#8BB4ED

#8BB4ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.094 H 256.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB4ED
RGB	rgb(139, 180, 237)
HSL	hsl(215, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(215, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 24.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, 0.60, -32.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 32.78, 271.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% -0.0215 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.094 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.2499, 44.2435, 86.4179)
Luminance	0.4425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB4ED #EDC48B

analogous

#8BE5ED #8BB4ED #938BED

triadic

#8BB4ED #ED8BB4 #B4ED8B

tetradic

#8BB4ED #ED8BE5 #EDC48B #8BED93

square

#8BB4ED #ED8BE5 #EDC48B #8BED93

split-complementary

#8BB4ED #ED938B #E5ED8B

monochromatic

#2270DC #5692E5 #8BB4ED #C0D6F5 #E5EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#8BB4ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#8BB4ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB4ED

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB4ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB4ED	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB7F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ADEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68C0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb4ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 180, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.094 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0caf3',
    500: '#8bb4ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb4ed;
$custom-light: #b0caf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb4ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.898,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7618,
    "c": 0.09368,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB4ED

secondary

#F3E8D8

accent

#8310D5

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB4ED

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

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