#8BB5EC#8BB5EC

#8BB5EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.092 H 255.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB5EC
RGB	rgb(139, 181, 236)
HSL	hsl(214, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(214, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 23.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, -0.23, -31.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 31.88, 269.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.0231 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.092 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3068, 44.5904, 85.7182)
Luminance	0.4459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB5EC #ECC28B

analogous

#8BE5EC #8BB5EC #918BEC

triadic

#8BB5EC #EC8BB5 #B5EC8B

tetradic

#8BB5EC #EC8BE5 #ECC28B #8BEC91

square

#8BB5EC #EC8BE5 #ECC28B #8BEC91

split-complementary

#8BB5EC #EC918B #E5EC8B

monochromatic

#2472D9 #5693E3 #8BB5EC #C0D7F5 #E5EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#8BB5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#8BB5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB5EC

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB5EC	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B7EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AEEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68C1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 181, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.092 255.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cbf2',
    500: '#8bb5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb5ec;
$custom-light: #b0cbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.021,
    "s": 71.852,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76348,
    "c": 0.09155,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB5EC

secondary

#F2E7D9

accent

#8012D4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB5EC

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

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