#8BBAFF#8BBAFF

#8BBAFF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.111 H 257.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBAFF
RGB	rgb(139, 186, 255)
HSL	hsl(216, 100%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(216, 45%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 27.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, 2.27, -38.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 38.96, 273.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% -0.0234 -0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.111 257.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.2504, 47.8238, 101.3822)
Luminance	0.4783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBAFF #FFD08B

analogous

#8BF4FF #8BBAFF #968BFF

triadic

#8BBAFF #FF8BBA #BAFF8B

tetradic

#8BBAFF #FF8BF4 #FFD08B #8BFF96

square

#8BBAFF #FF8BF4 #FFD08B #8BFF96

split-complementary

#8BBAFF #FF968B #F4FF8B

monochromatic

#1171FF #4E96FF #8BBAFF #C8DEFF #E0EDFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#8BBAFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#8BBAFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBAFF

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBAFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBAFF	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0BEFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92B3FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CC9D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbaff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 186, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.111 257.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ceff',
    500: '#8bbaff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbaff;
$custom-light: #b2ceff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbaff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.69,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78235,
    "c": 0.11122,
    "h": 257.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBAFF

secondary

#F7E9D4

accent

#8900E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F9FF

border

#D0D2D7

text

#111318

muted

#808286

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBAFF

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

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