#8BB5EF#8BB5EF

#8BB5EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.095 H 256.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB5EF
RGB	rgb(139, 181, 239)
HSL	hsl(215, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(215, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 24.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, 0.59, -33.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 33.33, 271.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0221 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.095 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.7463, 44.7662, 88.0329)
Luminance	0.4477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB5EF #EFC58B

analogous

#8BE7EF #8BB5EF #938BEF

triadic

#8BB5EF #EF8BB5 #B5EF8B

tetradic

#8BB5EF #EF8BE7 #EFC58B #8BEF93

square

#8BB5EF #EF8BE7 #EFC58B #8BEF93

split-complementary

#8BB5EF #EF938B #E7EF8B

monochromatic

#1F70E0 #5593E8 #8BB5EF #C1D7F6 #E4EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#8BB5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#8BB5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB5EF

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB5EF	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB8F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AEEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67C2C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 181, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.095 256.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cbf4',
    500: '#8bb5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb5ef;
$custom-light: #b0cbf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.8,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76477,
    "c": 0.09535,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB5EF

secondary

#F3E8D8

accent

#830ED8

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB5EF

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

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