#8BB1C6#8BB1C6

#8BB1C6 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.051 H 232.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB1C6
RGB	rgb(139, 177, 198)
HSL	hsl(201, 34%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(201, 30%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 10.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -7.85, -14.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 16.78, 242.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.0311 -0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.051 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5595, 41.0088, 59.4043)
Luminance	0.4101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB1C6 #C6A08B

analogous

#8BC6BD #8BB1C6 #8B93C6

triadic

#8BB1C6 #C68BB1 #B1C68B

tetradic

#8BB1C6 #BD8BC6 #C6A08B #93C68B

square

#8BB1C6 #BD8BC6 #C6A08B #93C68B

split-complementary

#8BB1C6 #C68B93 #C6BD8B

monochromatic

#477690 #6295B2 #8BB1C6 #B4CDDA #DDE8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#8BB1C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#8BB1C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB1C6

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB1C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB1C6	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AFC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA9C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78B7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb1c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 177, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.051 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec8d7',
    500: '#8bb1c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb1c6;
$custom-light: #aec8d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb1c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.356,
    "s": 34.104,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73981,
    "c": 0.0511,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB1C6

secondary

#E0D4CD

accent

#6239AD

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#101314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB1C6

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

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