#8BBAE5#8BBAE5

#8BBAE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.080 H 246.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBAE5
RGB	rgb(139, 186, 229)
HSL	hsl(209, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(209, 39%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 18.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.71, -4.83, -26.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.71, 26.84, 259.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.12% -0.0315 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(77.12% 0.08 246.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.3446, 46.2615, 80.8117)
Luminance	0.4626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBAE5 #E5B68B

analogous

#8BE5E3 #8BBAE5 #8B8DE5

triadic

#8BBAE5 #E58BBA #BAE58B

tetradic

#8BBAE5 #E38BE5 #E5B68B #8DE58B

square

#8BBAE5 #E38BE5 #E5B68B #8DE58B

split-complementary

#8BBAE5 #E58B8D #E5E38B

monochromatic

#2D7EC9 #599CDA #8BBAE5 #BDD8F0 #E6F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#8BBAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#8BBAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBAE5

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBAE5	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)

#A9BAE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB1E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BC4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 186, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.080 246.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ceed',
    500: '#8bbae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbae5;
$custom-light: #b0ceed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.667,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77121,
    "c": 0.07954,
    "h": 246.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBAE5

secondary

#F1E5DA

accent

#6F1ACB

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBAE5

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

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