#8BABCD#8BABCD

#8BABCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.061 H 250.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BABCD
RGB	rgb(139, 171, 205)
HSL	hsl(211, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(211, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 16.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, -2.85, -20.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 21.03, 262.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.0206 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.061 250.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2265, 39.0210, 63.3688)
Luminance	0.3902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BABCD #CDAD8B

analogous

#8BCCCD #8BABCD #8C8BCD

triadic

#8BABCD #CD8BAB #ABCD8B

tetradic

#8BABCD #CD8BCC #CDAD8B #8BCD8C

square

#8BABCD #CD8BCC #CDAD8B #8BCD8C

split-complementary

#8BABCD #CD8C8B #CCCD8B

monochromatic

#436D9B #608CBB #8BABCD #B6CADF #E1E9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8BABCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#8BABCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BABCD

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BABCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BABCD	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EACCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77B3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8babcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 171, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.061 250.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec3dc',
    500: '#8babcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8babcd;
$custom-light: #aec3dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8babcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.909,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72943,
    "c": 0.06086,
    "h": 250.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BABCD

secondary

#E4DAD0

accent

#7533B3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BABCD

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

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