#8BBEE2#8BBEE2

#8BBEE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.074 H 239.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBEE2
RGB	rgb(139, 190, 226)
HSL	hsl(205, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(205, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 15.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, -7.76, -23.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 24.53, 251.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% -0.0375 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.074 239.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.7839, 47.8044, 78.9095)
Luminance	0.4781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBEE2 #E2AF8B

analogous

#8BE2DB #8BBEE2 #8B93E2

triadic

#8BBEE2 #E28BBE #BEE28B

tetradic

#8BBEE2 #DB8BE2 #E2AF8B #93E28B

square

#8BBEE2 #DB8BE2 #E2AF8B #93E28B

split-complementary

#8BBEE2 #E28B93 #E2DB8B

monochromatic

#3186C2 #5AA3D6 #8BBEE2 #BCD9EE #E7F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#8BBEE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#8BBEE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBEE2

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBEE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBEE2	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBDE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B4E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CC7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 190, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.074 239.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d1eb',
    500: '#8bbee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbee2;
$custom-light: #b0d1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.828,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77864,
    "c": 0.07436,
    "h": 239.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBEE2

secondary

#F0E2D9

accent

#641EC8

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111416

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBEE2

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

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