#8BB0BC#8BB0BC

#8BB0BC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.044 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB0BC
RGB	rgb(139, 176, 188)
HSL	hsl(195, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 6.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -9.70, -10.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 14.09, 226.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0336 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.044 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2472, 40.1690, 53.4634)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB0BC #BC978B

analogous

#8BBCB0 #8BB0BC #8B98BC

triadic

#8BB0BC #BC8BB0 #B0BC8B

tetradic

#8BB0BC #B08BBC #BC978B #98BC8B

square

#8BB0BC #B08BBC #BC978B #98BC8B

split-complementary

#8BB0BC #BC8B98 #BCB08B

monochromatic

#4B7482 #6496A6 #8BB0BC #B2CAD2 #D9E5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#8BB0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#8BB0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB0BC

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB0BC	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CB4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 176, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.044 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec7d0',
    500: '#8bb0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb0bc;
$custom-light: #aec7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.694,
    "s": 26.776,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73408,
    "c": 0.04363,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB0BC

secondary

#DACDC9

accent

#5940A5

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB0BC

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

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