#8BB1BE#8BB1BE

#8BB1BE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.045 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB1BE
RGB	rgb(139, 177, 190)
HSL	hsl(195, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(195, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 6.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -9.76, -10.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 14.56, 227.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.0342 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.045 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.6611, 40.6494, 54.6724)
Luminance	0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB1BE #BE988B

analogous

#8BBEB2 #8BB1BE #8B98BE

triadic

#8BB1BE #BE8BB1 #B1BE8B

tetradic

#8BB1BE #B28BBE #BE988B #98BE8B

square

#8BB1BE #B28BBE #BE988B #98BE8B

split-complementary

#8BB1BE #BE8B98 #BEB28B

monochromatic

#4A7684 #6497A8 #8BB1BE #B2CBD4 #D9E6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#8BB1BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#8BB1BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB1BE

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB1BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB1BE	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AFBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BB6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb1be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 177, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.045 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec8d1',
    500: '#8bb1be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb1be;
$custom-light: #aec8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb1be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.294,
    "s": 28.177,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73698,
    "c": 0.04511,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB1BE

secondary

#DBCECA

accent

#593FA7

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB1BE

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

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