#8BB5EB#8BB5EB

#8BB5EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.090 H 255.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB5EB
RGB	rgb(139, 181, 235)
HSL	hsl(214, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(214, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 23%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, -0.50, -31.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 31.40, 269.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% -0.0234 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.09 255)
XYZ	xyz(42.1619, 44.5325, 84.9552)
Luminance	0.4454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB5EB #EBC18B

analogous

#8BE5EB #8BB5EB #918BEB

triadic

#8BB5EB #EB8BB5 #B5EB8B

tetradic

#8BB5EB #EB8BE5 #EBC18B #8BEB91

square

#8BB5EB #EB8BE5 #EBC18B #8BEB91

split-complementary

#8BB5EB #EB918B #E5EB8B

monochromatic

#2573D7 #5794E2 #8BB5EB #BFD6F4 #E5EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#8BB5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#8BB5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB5EB

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB5EB	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B7ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AEEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69C1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 181, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.090 255.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cbf1',
    500: '#8bb5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb5eb;
$custom-light: #b0cbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.75,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76305,
    "c": 0.0903,
    "h": 255
  },
  "luminance": 0.44535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB5EB

secondary

#F2E7D9

accent

#7F13D3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB5EB

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

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