#8BB9FF#8BB9FF

#8BB9FF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.112 H 258.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB9FF
RGB	rgb(139, 185, 255)
HSL	hsl(216, 100%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(216, 45%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 27.5%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.45, 2.82, -39.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.45, 39.41, 274.10°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% -0.0222 -0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.112 258.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.0405, 47.4040, 101.3122)
Luminance	0.4741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB9FF #FFD18B

analogous

#8BF3FF #8BB9FF #978BFF

triadic

#8BB9FF #FF8BB9 #B9FF8B

tetradic

#8BB9FF #FF8BF3 #FFD18B #8BFF97

square

#8BB9FF #FF8BF3 #FFD18B #8BFF97

split-complementary

#8BB9FF #FF978B #F3FF8B

monochromatic

#116FFF #4E94FF #8BB9FF #C8DEFF #E0EDFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#8BB9FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#8BB9FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB9FF

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB9FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB9FF	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FBDFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91B2FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CC8D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb9ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 185, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.112 258.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2cdff',
    500: '#8bb9ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb9ff;
$custom-light: #b2cdff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb9ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.207,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78027,
    "c": 0.11214,
    "h": 258.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB9FF

secondary

#F7E9D4

accent

#8A00E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F9FF

border

#D0D2D7

text

#111318

muted

#808286

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB9FF

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

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