#8BBEEE#8BBEEE

#8BBEEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.087 H 247.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBEEE
RGB	rgb(139, 190, 238)
HSL	hsl(209, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(209, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 20.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, -4.59, -29.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 29.45, 261.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% -0.0334 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.087 247.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.4884, 48.4862, 87.8869)
Luminance	0.4849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBEEE #EEBB8B

analogous

#8BEEED #8BBEEE #8B8DEE

triadic

#8BBEEE #EE8BBE #BEEE8B

tetradic

#8BBEEE #ED8BEE #EEBB8B #8DEE8B

square

#8BBEEE #ED8BEE #EEBB8B #8DEE8B

split-complementary

#8BBEEE #EE8B8D #EEED8B

monochromatic

#2182DE #56A0E6 #8BBEEE #C0DCF6 #E4F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#8BBEEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#8BBEEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBEEE

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBEEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBEEE	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBFF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB4ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66C9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbeee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 190, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.087 247.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d1f3',
    500: '#8bbeee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbeee;
$custom-light: #b0d1f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbeee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.091,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78345,
    "c": 0.08734,
    "h": 247.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBEEE

secondary

#F3E5D8

accent

#700FD7

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111417

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBEEE

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

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