#8BADCD#8BADCD

#8BADCD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.060 H 247.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BADCD
RGB	rgb(139, 173, 205)
HSL	hsl(209, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(209, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 15.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -3.95, -20.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 20.39, 258.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% -0.0232 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.06 247.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.6071, 39.7822, 63.4957)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BADCD #CDAB8B

analogous

#8BCDCC #8BADCD #8B8CCD

triadic

#8BADCD #CD8BAD #ADCD8B

tetradic

#8BADCD #CC8BCD #CDAB8B #8CCD8B

square

#8BADCD #CC8BCD #CDAB8B #8CCD8B

split-complementary

#8BADCD #CD8B8C #CDCC8B

monochromatic

#43709B #608FBB #8BADCD #B6CBDF #E1E9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#8BADCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#8BADCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BADCD

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BADCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BADCD	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ADCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77B4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8badcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 173, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.060 247.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec5dc',
    500: '#8badcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8badcd;
$custom-light: #aec5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8badcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.091,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73374,
    "c": 0.05966,
    "h": 247.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BADCD

secondary

#E4DAD0

accent

#7133B3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BADCD

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

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