#8BAFBC#8BAFBC

#8BAFBC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.043 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BAFBC
RGB	rgb(139, 175, 188)
HSL	hsl(196, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 6.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -9.16, -10.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 14.03, 229.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.0323 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.043 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0518, 39.7783, 53.3983)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BAFBC #BC988B

analogous

#8BBCB1 #8BAFBC #8B97BC

triadic

#8BAFBC #BC8BAF #AFBC8B

tetradic

#8BAFBC #B18BBC #BC988B #97BC8B

square

#8BAFBC #B18BBC #BC988B #97BC8B

split-complementary

#8BAFBC #BC8B97 #BCB18B

monochromatic

#4B7382 #6494A6 #8BAFBC #B2CAD2 #D9E5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#8BAFBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#8BAFBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BAFBC

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#A7ADBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CB3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bafbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 175, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.043 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec6d0',
    500: '#8bafbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bafbc;
$custom-light: #aec6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bafbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.918,
    "s": 26.776,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73188,
    "c": 0.04335,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BAFBC

secondary

#DACDC9

accent

#5B40A5

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BAFBC

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

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