#8BB4EE#8BB4EE

#8BB4EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.095 H 257.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB4EE
RGB	rgb(139, 180, 238)
HSL	hsl(215, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(215, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 24.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.43, 0.87, -33.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.43, 33.27, 271.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% -0.0212 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.095 257.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.3964, 44.3021, 87.1895)
Luminance	0.4430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB4EE #EEC58B

analogous

#8BE5EE #8BB4EE #948BEE

triadic

#8BB4EE #EE8BB4 #B4EE8B

tetradic

#8BB4EE #EE8BE5 #EEC58B #8BEE94

square

#8BB4EE #EE8BE5 #EEC58B #8BEE94

split-complementary

#8BB4EE #EE948B #E5EE8B

monochromatic

#216FDE #5691E6 #8BB4EE #C0D7F6 #E4EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#8BB4EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#8BB4EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB4EE

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB4EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB4EE	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ADED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67C1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb4ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 180, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.095 257.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0caf3',
    500: '#8bb4ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb4ee;
$custom-light: #b0caf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb4ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.152,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76223,
    "c": 0.09495,
    "h": 257.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB4EE

secondary

#F3E8D8

accent

#840FD7

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB4EE

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

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