#8BB5EE#8BB5EE

#8BB5EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.094 H 256.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB5EE
RGB	rgb(139, 181, 238)
HSL	hsl(215, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(215, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 23.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.70, 0.32, -32.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.70, 32.84, 270.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.43% -0.0224 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(76.43% 0.094 256.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.5990, 44.7073, 87.2571)
Luminance	0.4471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB5EE #EEC48B

analogous

#8BE7EE #8BB5EE #938BEE

triadic

#8BB5EE #EE8BB5 #B5EE8B

tetradic

#8BB5EE #EE8BE7 #EEC48B #8BEE93

square

#8BB5EE #EE8BE7 #EEC48B #8BEE93

split-complementary

#8BB5EE #EE938B #E7EE8B

monochromatic

#2171DE #5693E6 #8BB5EE #C0D7F6 #E4EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#8BB5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#8BB5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB5EE

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB5EE	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AEED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67C1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 181, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.094 256.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cbf3',
    500: '#8bb5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb5ee;
$custom-light: #b0cbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.545,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76434,
    "c": 0.09408,
    "h": 256.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB5EE

secondary

#F3E8D8

accent

#820FD7

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB5EE

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

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