#8BB9EE#8BB9EE

#8BB9EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.091 H 252.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB9EE
RGB	rgb(139, 185, 238)
HSL	hsl(212, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(212, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 22.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -1.87, -31.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 31.23, 266.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% -0.0273 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.091 252.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.4240, 46.3574, 87.5321)
Luminance	0.4636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB9EE #EEC08B

analogous

#8BEBEE #8BB9EE #8F8BEE

triadic

#8BB9EE #EE8BB9 #B9EE8B

tetradic

#8BB9EE #EE8BEB #EEC08B #8BEE8F

square

#8BB9EE #EE8BEB #EEC08B #8BEE8F

split-complementary

#8BB9EE #EE8F8B #EBEE8B

monochromatic

#2179DE #5699E6 #8BB9EE #C0D9F6 #E4EFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#8BB9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#8BB9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB9EE

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB9EE	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BBF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B1ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66C5CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 185, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.091 252.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cdf3',
    500: '#8bb9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb9ee;
$custom-light: #b0cdf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.121,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7728,
    "c": 0.09083,
    "h": 252.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB9EE

secondary

#F3E6D8

accent

#7A0FD7

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB9EE

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

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