#8BB9EB#8BB9EB

#8BB9EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.087 H 251.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB9EB
RGB	rgb(139, 185, 235)
HSL	hsl(211, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(211, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 21.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.66, -2.68, -29.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.66, 29.85, 264.84°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% -0.0283 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.087 251)
XYZ	xyz(42.9869, 46.1825, 85.2302)
Luminance	0.4618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB9EB #EBBD8B

analogous

#8BE9EB #8BB9EB #8D8BEB

triadic

#8BB9EB #EB8BB9 #B9EB8B

tetradic

#8BB9EB #EB8BE9 #EBBD8B #8BEB8D

square

#8BB9EB #EB8BE9 #EBBD8B #8BEB8D

split-complementary

#8BB9EB #EB8D8B #E9EB8B

monochromatic

#257AD7 #5799E2 #8BB9EB #BFD8F4 #E5EFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#8BB9EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#8BB9EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB9EB

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB9EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB9EB	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68C4CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb9eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 185, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.087 251.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cdf1',
    500: '#8bb9eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb9eb;
$custom-light: #b0cdf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb9eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.25,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77154,
    "c": 0.08721,
    "h": 251
  },
  "luminance": 0.46185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB9EB

secondary

#F2E6D9

accent

#7713D3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB9EB

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

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