#8BB5FF#8BB5FF

#8BB5FF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.116 H 261.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB5FF
RGB	rgb(139, 181, 255)
HSL	hsl(218, 100%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(218, 45%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 29%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.39, 5.04, -40.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.39, 41.27, 277.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% -0.0175 -0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.116 261.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.2154, 45.7539, 101.0372)
Luminance	0.4576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB5FF #FFD58B

analogous

#8BEFFF #8BB5FF #9B8BFF

triadic

#8BB5FF #FF8BB5 #B5FF8B

tetradic

#8BB5FF #FF8BEF #FFD58B #8BFF9B

square

#8BB5FF #FF8BEF #FFD58B #8BFF9B

split-complementary

#8BB5FF #FF9B8B #EFFF8B

monochromatic

#1167FF #4E8EFF #8BB5FF #C8DCFF #E0EBFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#8BB5FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#8BB5FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB5FF

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB5FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB5FF	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99BAFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DAFFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DC5CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb5ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 181, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.116 261.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2caff',
    500: '#8bb5ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb5ff;
$custom-light: #b2caff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb5ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.276,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77197,
    "c": 0.11602,
    "h": 261.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB5FF

secondary

#F7EAD4

accent

#9200E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#111318

muted

#808286

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB5FF

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

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