#8BBCE5#8BBCE5

#8BBCE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.078 H 244.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBCE5
RGB	rgb(139, 188, 229)
HSL	hsl(207, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(207, 39%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 17.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.26, -5.90, -25.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.26, 26.24, 256.99°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% -0.034 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.078 244.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.7689, 47.1101, 80.9531)
Luminance	0.4711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBCE5 #E5B48B

analogous

#8BE5E1 #8BBCE5 #8B8FE5

triadic

#8BBCE5 #E58BBC #BCE58B

tetradic

#8BBCE5 #E18BE5 #E5B48B #8FE58B

square

#8BBCE5 #E18BE5 #E5B48B #8FE58B

split-complementary

#8BBCE5 #E58B8F #E5E18B

monochromatic

#2D82C9 #599FDA #8BBCE5 #BDD9F0 #E6F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#8BBCE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#8BBCE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBCE5

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBCE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBCE5	1.00	2.01	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBCE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB2E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AC6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 188, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.078 244.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d0ed',
    500: '#8bbce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbce5;
$custom-light: #b0d0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.333,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77551,
    "c": 0.07842,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBCE5

secondary

#F1E4DA

accent

#6B1ACB

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBCE5

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

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