#8BAFD8#8BAFD8

#8BAFD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.071 H 252.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BAFD8
RGB	rgb(139, 175, 216)
HSL	hsl(212, 50%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(212, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 19%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -2.24, -24.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 24.72, 264.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.022 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.071 252)
XYZ	xyz(38.3682, 41.1049, 70.8648)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8BAFD8 #D8B48B

analogous

#8BD5D8 #8BAFD8 #8E8BD8

triadic

#8BAFD8 #D88BAF #AFD88B

tetradic

#8BAFD8 #D88BD5 #D8B48B #8BD88E

square

#8BAFD8 #D88BD5 #D8B48B #8BD88E

split-complementary

#8BAFD8 #D88E8B #D5D88B

monochromatic

#3B71AE #5D8FC9 #8BAFD8 #B9CFE7 #E7EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#8BAFD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#8BAFD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BAFD8

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BAFD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BAFD8	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B0DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A8D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72B8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bafd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 175, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.071 252.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc6e4',
    500: '#8bafd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bafd8;
$custom-light: #afc6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bafd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.948,
    "s": 49.677,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74238,
    "c": 0.07143,
    "h": 252
  },
  "luminance": 0.41107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BAFD8

secondary

#EAE0D4

accent

#7828BD

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FB

border

#CFD1D4

text

#111315

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BAFD8

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

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