#8BADBC#8BADBC

#8BADBC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.043 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BADBC
RGB	rgb(139, 173, 188)
HSL	hsl(198, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(198, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, -8.09, -11.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 14.03, 234.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.0296 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.043 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6654, 39.0056, 53.2695)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BADBC #BC9A8B

analogous

#8BBCB3 #8BADBC #8B95BC

triadic

#8BADBC #BC8BAD #ADBC8B

tetradic

#8BADBC #B38BBC #BC9A8B #95BC8B

square

#8BADBC #B38BBC #BC9A8B #95BC8B

split-complementary

#8BADBC #BC8B95 #BCB38B

monochromatic

#4B7182 #6492A6 #8BADBC #B2C8D2 #D9E4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8BADBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#8BADBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BADBC

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BADBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BADBC	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)

#A5ABBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CB2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8badbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 173, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.043 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec5d0',
    500: '#8badbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8badbc;
$custom-light: #aec5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8badbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.367,
    "s": 26.776,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72747,
    "c": 0.04301,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BADBC

secondary

#DACEC9

accent

#5F40A5

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BADBC

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

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