#8BBDEE#8BBDEE

#8BBDEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.088 H 248.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBDEE
RGB	rgb(139, 189, 238)
HSL	hsl(210, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(210, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 20.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, -4.05, -29.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 29.79, 262.19°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% -0.0322 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.088 248.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.2726, 48.0545, 87.8149)
Luminance	0.4806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBDEE #EEBC8B

analogous

#8BEEEE #8BBDEE #8B8CEE

triadic

#8BBDEE #EE8BBD #BDEE8B

tetradic

#8BBDEE #EE8BEE #EEBC8B #8CEE8B

square

#8BBDEE #EE8BEE #EEBC8B #8CEE8B

split-complementary

#8BBDEE #EE8B8C #EEEE8B

monochromatic

#2180DE #569FE6 #8BBDEE #C0DBF6 #E4F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#8BBDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#8BBDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBDEE

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBDEE	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABEF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB4ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66C8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 189, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.088 248.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.697,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78131,
    "c": 0.08799,
    "h": 248.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBDEE

secondary

#F3E5D8

accent

#720FD7

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111417

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBDEE

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

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