#8BB9EC#8BB9EC

#8BB9EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.088 H 251.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB9EC
RGB	rgb(139, 185, 236)
HSL	hsl(212, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(212, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 21.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.70, -2.42, -30.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.70, 30.31, 265.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% -0.028 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.088 251.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.1318, 46.2405, 85.9932)
Luminance	0.4624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB9EC #ECBE8B

analogous

#8BEAEC #8BB9EC #8D8BEC

triadic

#8BB9EC #EC8BB9 #B9EC8B

tetradic

#8BB9EC #EC8BEA #ECBE8B #8BEC8D

square

#8BB9EC #EC8BEA #ECBE8B #8BEC8D

split-complementary

#8BB9EC #EC8D8B #EAEC8B

monochromatic

#247AD9 #5699E3 #8BB9EC #C0D9F5 #E5EFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#8BB9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#8BB9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB9EC

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB9EC	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BBEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67C4CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 185, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.088 251.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cdf2',
    500: '#8bb9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb9ec;
$custom-light: #b0cdf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.546,
    "s": 71.852,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77196,
    "c": 0.08841,
    "h": 251.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB9EC

secondary

#F2E6D9

accent

#7812D4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB9EC

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

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