#8BADBD#8BADBD

#8BADBD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.044 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BADBD
RGB	rgb(139, 173, 189)
HSL	hsl(199, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(199, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 8.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, -7.85, -11.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 14.31, 236.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.0292 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.044 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7736, 39.0488, 53.8392)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BADBD #BD9B8B

analogous

#8BBDB4 #8BADBD #8B94BD

triadic

#8BADBD #BD8BAD #ADBD8B

tetradic

#8BADBD #B48BBD #BD9B8B #94BD8B

square

#8BADBD #B48BBD #BD9B8B #94BD8B

split-complementary

#8BADBD #BD8B94 #BDB48B

monochromatic

#4B7183 #6491A7 #8BADBD #B2C9D3 #D9E4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#8BADBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#8BADBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BADBD

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BADBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BADBD	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CB2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8badbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 173, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.044 228.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8badbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.2,
    "s": 27.473,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72783,
    "c": 0.04377,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BADBD

secondary

#DBCFC9

accent

#603FA6

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BADBD

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

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