#8BB6EC#8BB6EC

#8BB6EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.091 H 254.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB6EC
RGB	rgb(139, 182, 236)
HSL	hsl(213, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(213, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 22.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.89, -0.77, -31.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.89, 31.47, 268.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% -0.0243 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.091 254.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.5108, 44.9985, 85.7862)
Luminance	0.4500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB6EC #ECC18B

analogous

#8BE6EC #8BB6EC #908BEC

triadic

#8BB6EC #EC8BB6 #B6EC8B

tetradic

#8BB6EC #EC8BE6 #ECC18B #8BEC90

square

#8BB6EC #EC8BE6 #ECC18B #8BEC90

split-complementary

#8BB6EC #EC908B #E6EC8B

monochromatic

#2474D9 #5695E3 #8BB6EC #C0D7F5 #E5EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#8BB6EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#8BB6EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB6EC

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB6EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB6EC	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AFEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68C2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb6ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 182, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.091 254.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cbf2',
    500: '#8bb6ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb6ec;
$custom-light: #b0cbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb6ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.402,
    "s": 71.852,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76559,
    "c": 0.09072,
    "h": 254.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB6EC

secondary

#F2E7D9

accent

#7E12D4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB6EC

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

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