#8BB1BF#8BB1BF

#8BB1BF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.046 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB1BF
RGB	rgb(139, 177, 191)
HSL	hsl(196, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 7.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -9.53, -11.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 14.79, 229.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% -0.0338 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.046 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.7707, 40.6933, 55.2500)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB1BF #BF998B

analogous

#8BBFB3 #8BB1BF #8B97BF

triadic

#8BB1BF #BF8BB1 #B1BF8B

tetradic

#8BB1BF #B38BBF #BF998B #97BF8B

square

#8BB1BF #B38BBF #BF998B #97BF8B

split-complementary

#8BB1BF #BF8B97 #BFB38B

monochromatic

#4A7686 #6496A9 #8BB1BF #B2CCD5 #DAE6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#8BB1BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#8BB1BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB1BF

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB1BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB1BF	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AFC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BB6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb1bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 177, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.046 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec8d2',
    500: '#8bb1bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb1bf;
$custom-light: #aec8d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb1bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.154,
    "s": 28.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73732,
    "c": 0.04574,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB1BF

secondary

#DCCFCA

accent

#5A3EA8

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB1BF

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

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