#8BB5E7#8BB5E7

#8BB5E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.085 H 253.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB5E7
RGB	rgb(139, 181, 231)
HSL	hsl(213, 66%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(213, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 21.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.43, -1.57, -29.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.43, 29.50, 266.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% -0.0247 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.085 253.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.5905, 44.3039, 81.9458)
Luminance	0.4431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB5E7 #E7BD8B

analogous

#8BE3E7 #8BB5E7 #8F8BE7

triadic

#8BB5E7 #E78BB5 #B5E78B

tetradic

#8BB5E7 #E78BE3 #E7BD8B #8BE78F

square

#8BB5E7 #E78BE3 #E7BD8B #8BE78F

split-complementary

#8BB5E7 #E78F8B #E3E78B

monochromatic

#2A75CD #5895DD #8BB5E7 #BED5F1 #E6EFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#8BB5E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#8BB5E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB5E7

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB5E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB5E7	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)

#A2B7E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AEE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BC0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb5e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 181, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.085 253.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cbee',
    500: '#8bb5e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb5e7;
$custom-light: #b0cbee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb5e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.609,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76135,
    "c": 0.08533,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB5E7

secondary

#F1E7DA

accent

#7B18CE

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB5E7

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

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