#8BB8EB#8BB8EB

#8BB8EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.088 H 252.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB8EB
RGB	rgb(139, 184, 235)
HSL	hsl(212, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(212, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 21.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.39, -2.14, -30.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.39, 30.22, 265.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.0271 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.088 252.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.7785, 45.7656, 85.1607)
Luminance	0.4577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB8EB #EBBE8B

analogous

#8BE8EB #8BB8EB #8E8BEB

triadic

#8BB8EB #EB8BB8 #B8EB8B

tetradic

#8BB8EB #EB8BE8 #EBBE8B #8BEB8E

square

#8BB8EB #EB8BE8 #EBBE8B #8BEB8E

split-complementary

#8BB8EB #EB8E8B #E8EB8B

monochromatic

#2578D7 #5798E2 #8BB8EB #BFD8F4 #E5EFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#8BB8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#8BB8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB8EB

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB8EB	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)

#A4BAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B0EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68C3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 184, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.088 252.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cdf1',
    500: '#8bb8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb8eb;
$custom-light: #b0cdf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.875,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76941,
    "c": 0.08794,
    "h": 252.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB8EB

secondary

#F2E6D9

accent

#7913D3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB8EB

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

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