#8BB5ED#8BB5ED

#8BB5ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.093 H 255.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB5ED
RGB	rgb(139, 181, 237)
HSL	hsl(214, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(214, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 23.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, 0.05, -32.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 32.36, 270.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.39% -0.0228 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(76.39% 0.093 255.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.4525, 44.6487, 86.4855)
Luminance	0.4465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB5ED #EDC38B

analogous

#8BE6ED #8BB5ED #928BED

triadic

#8BB5ED #ED8BB5 #B5ED8B

tetradic

#8BB5ED #ED8BE6 #EDC38B #8BED92

square

#8BB5ED #ED8BE6 #EDC38B #8BED92

split-complementary

#8BB5ED #ED928B #E6ED8B

monochromatic

#2272DC #5693E5 #8BB5ED #C0D7F5 #E5EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#8BB5ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#8BB5ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB5ED

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB5ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB5ED	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B8F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AEEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68C1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb5ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 181, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.093 255.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cbf3',
    500: '#8bb5ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb5ed;
$custom-light: #b0cbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb5ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76391,
    "c": 0.09281,
    "h": 255.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB5ED

secondary

#F3E7D8

accent

#8110D5

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB5ED

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

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