#8BB1D6#8BB1D6

#8BB1D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.068 H 248.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB1D6
RGB	rgb(139, 177, 214)
HSL	hsl(210, 48%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(210, 35%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 17.3%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -3.85, -22.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 23.12, 260.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.0253 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.068 248.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.5034, 41.7864, 69.6421)
Luminance	0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB1D6 #D6B08B

analogous

#8BD6D6 #8BB1D6 #8B8CD6

triadic

#8BB1D6 #D68BB1 #B1D68B

tetradic

#8BB1D6 #D68BD6 #D6B08B #8CD68B

square

#8BB1D6 #D68BD6 #D6B08B #8CD68B

split-complementary

#8BB1D6 #D68B8C #D6D68B

monochromatic

#3C74AA #5E93C6 #8BB1D6 #B8CFE6 #E5EEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#8BB1D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#8BB1D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB1D6

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB1D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB1D6	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B1D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AAD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73BABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb1d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 177, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.068 248.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc8e2',
    500: '#8bb1d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb1d6;
$custom-light: #afc8e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb1d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.6,
    "s": 47.771,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74587,
    "c": 0.06772,
    "h": 248.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB1D6

secondary

#E9DED3

accent

#722ABB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FB

border

#CFD1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB1D6

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

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