#8BBAE6#8BBAE6

#8BBAE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.081 H 247.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBAE6
RGB	rgb(139, 186, 230)
HSL	hsl(209, 65%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(209, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 19.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.75, -4.56, -26.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.75, 27.27, 260.37°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.0312 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.081 247.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.4846, 46.3175, 81.5491)
Luminance	0.4632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBAE6 #E6B78B

analogous

#8BE6E5 #8BBAE6 #8B8DE6

triadic

#8BBAE6 #E68BBA #BAE68B

tetradic

#8BBAE6 #E58BE6 #E6B78B #8DE68B

square

#8BBAE6 #E58BE6 #E6B78B #8DE68B

split-complementary

#8BBAE6 #E68B8D #E6E58B

monochromatic

#2C7ECB #599CDB #8BBAE6 #BDD8F1 #E6F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#8BBAE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#8BBAE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBAE6

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBAE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBAE6	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BBE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB1E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AC4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 186, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.081 247.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ceee',
    500: '#8bbae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbae6;
$custom-light: #b0ceee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.011,
    "s": 64.539,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77161,
    "c": 0.08068,
    "h": 247.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBAE6

secondary

#F1E5DA

accent

#7019CC

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBAE6

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

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