#8BB1DB#8BB1DB

#8BB1DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.074 H 251.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB1DB
RGB	rgb(139, 177, 219)
HSL	hsl(212, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(212, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 19.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, -2.55, -25.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 25.39, 264.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.0236 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.074 251.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.1518, 42.0457, 73.0568)
Luminance	0.4205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB1DB #DBB58B

analogous

#8BD9DB #8BB1DB #8D8BDB

triadic

#8BB1DB #DB8BB1 #B1DB8B

tetradic

#8BB1DB #DB8BD9 #DBB58B #8BDB8D

square

#8BB1DB #DB8BD9 #DBB58B #8BDB8D

split-complementary

#8BB1DB #DB8D8B #D9DB8B

monochromatic

#3873B4 #5C92CD #8BB1DB #BAD0E9 #E8EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#8BB1DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#8BB1DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB1DB

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB1DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB1DB	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71BABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb1db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 177, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.074 251.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc8e6',
    500: '#8bb1db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb1db;
$custom-light: #afc8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb1db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74788,
    "c": 0.07366,
    "h": 251.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB1DB

secondary

#ECE1D6

accent

#7725C0

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F8FC

border

#CFD1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB1DB

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

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