#8BBEF9#8BBEF9

#8BBEF9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.100 H 252.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBEF9
RGB	rgb(139, 190, 249)
HSL	hsl(212, 90%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(212, 44%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 23.7%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.55, -1.59, -34.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.55, 34.42, 267.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% -0.0299 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.1 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.1541, 49.1525, 96.6595)
Luminance	0.4915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBEF9 #F9C68B

analogous

#8BF5F9 #8BBEF9 #8F8BF9

triadic

#8BBEF9 #F98BBE #BEF98B

tetradic

#8BBEF9 #F98BF5 #F9C68B #8BF98F

square

#8BBEF9 #F98BF5 #F9C68B #8BF98F

split-complementary

#8BBEF9 #F98F8B #F5F98B

monochromatic

#177DF3 #519DF6 #8BBEF9 #C5DFFC #E2EFFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#8BBEF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#8BBEF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBEF9

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBEF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBEF9	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7C0FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB5F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FCBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbef9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 190, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.100 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d1fb',
    500: '#8bbef9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbef9;
$custom-light: #b1d1fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbef9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.182,
    "s": 90.164,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78809,
    "c": 0.10033,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBEF9

secondary

#F6E7D5

accent

#7B00E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F9FF

border

#D0D2D7

text

#111417

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBEF9

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

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