#8BB8EC#8BB8EC

#8BB8EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.089 H 252.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB8EC
RGB	rgb(139, 184, 236)
HSL	hsl(212, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(212, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 22%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.43, -1.87, -30.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.43, 30.69, 266.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.98% -0.0268 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(76.98% 0.089 252.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.9233, 45.8236, 85.9237)
Luminance	0.4583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB8EC #ECBF8B

analogous

#8BE8EC #8BB8EC #8E8BEC

triadic

#8BB8EC #EC8BB8 #B8EC8B

tetradic

#8BB8EC #EC8BE8 #ECBF8B #8BEC8E

square

#8BB8EC #EC8BE8 #ECBF8B #8BEC8E

split-complementary

#8BB8EC #EC8E8B #E8EC8B

monochromatic

#2478D9 #5698E3 #8BB8EC #C0D8F5 #E5EFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#8BB8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#8BB8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB8EC

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB8EC	1.00	2.07	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4BAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68C4CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 184, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.089 252.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cdf2',
    500: '#8bb8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb8ec;
$custom-light: #b0cdf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.165,
    "s": 71.852,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76983,
    "c": 0.08915,
    "h": 252.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB8EC

secondary

#F2E6D9

accent

#7A12D4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB8EC

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

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