#8BB2BD#8BB2BD

#8BB2BD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.045 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB2BD
RGB	rgb(139, 178, 189)
HSL	hsl(193, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(193, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -10.53, -9.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 14.45, 223.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% -0.0359 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.045 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7504, 41.0024, 54.1648)
Luminance	0.4100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB2BD #BD968B

analogous

#8BBDAF #8BB2BD #8B99BD

triadic

#8BB2BD #BD8BB2 #B2BD8B

tetradic

#8BB2BD #AF8BBD #BD968B #99BD8B

square

#8BB2BD #AF8BBD #BD968B #99BD8B

split-complementary

#8BB2BD #BD8B99 #BDAF8B

monochromatic

#4B7783 #6498A7 #8BB2BD #B2CCD3 #D9E6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#8BB2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#8BB2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB2BD

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB2BD	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)

#AAAFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BB6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 178, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.045 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec9d0',
    500: '#8bb2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb2bd;
$custom-light: #aec9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.2,
    "s": 27.473,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73884,
    "c": 0.04488,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB2BD

secondary

#DBCDC9

accent

#563FA6

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB2BD

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

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