#8BBCEE#8BBCEE

#8BBCEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.089 H 249.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBCEE
RGB	rgb(139, 188, 238)
HSL	hsl(210, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(210, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 21%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, -3.51, -29.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 30.13, 263.32°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% -0.031 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.089 249.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.0582, 47.6258, 87.7435)
Luminance	0.4763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBCEE #EEBD8B

analogous

#8BEEEE #8BBCEE #8C8BEE

triadic

#8BBCEE #EE8BBC #BCEE8B

tetradic

#8BBCEE #EE8BEE #EEBD8B #8BEE8C

square

#8BBCEE #EE8BEE #EEBD8B #8BEE8C

split-complementary

#8BBCEE #EE8C8B #EEEE8B

monochromatic

#217EDE #569DE6 #8BBCEE #C0DBF6 #E4F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#8BBCEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#8BBCEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBCEE

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBCEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBCEE	1.00	2.00	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BDF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB3ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66C7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbcee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 188, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.089 249.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d0f3',
    500: '#8bbcee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbcee;
$custom-light: #b0d0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbcee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.303,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77918,
    "c": 0.08865,
    "h": 249.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBCEE

secondary

#F3E6D8

accent

#740FD7

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBCEE

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

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