#8BB9EA#8BB9EA

#8BB9EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.086 H 250.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB9EA
RGB	rgb(139, 185, 234)
HSL	hsl(211, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(211, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 20.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.63, -2.95, -29.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.63, 29.39, 264.24°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% -0.0286 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.086 250.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.8429, 46.1249, 84.4714)
Luminance	0.4613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB9EA #EABC8B

analogous

#8BE9EA #8BB9EA #8C8BEA

triadic

#8BB9EA #EA8BB9 #B9EA8B

tetradic

#8BB9EA #EA8BE9 #EABC8B #8BEA8C

square

#8BB9EA #EA8BE9 #EABC8B #8BEA8C

split-complementary

#8BB9EA #EA8C8B #E9EA8B

monochromatic

#267BD4 #579AE1 #8BB9EA #BFD8F3 #E5EFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#8BB9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#8BB9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB9EA

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB9EA	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BAEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB1E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68C4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 185, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.086 250.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cdf1',
    500: '#8bb9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb9ea;
$custom-light: #b0cdf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.947,
    "s": 69.343,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77112,
    "c": 0.08601,
    "h": 250.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB9EA

secondary

#F2E6D9

accent

#7614D1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB9EA

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

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