#8BB2BE#8BB2BE

#8BB2BE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.045 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB2BE
RGB	rgb(139, 178, 190)
HSL	hsl(194, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(194, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, -10.29, -10.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 14.63, 225.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.0355 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.045 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.8593, 41.0459, 54.7384)
Luminance	0.4105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB2BE #BE978B

analogous

#8BBEB1 #8BB2BE #8B99BE

triadic

#8BB2BE #BE8BB2 #B2BE8B

tetradic

#8BB2BE #B18BBE #BE978B #99BE8B

square

#8BB2BE #B18BBE #BE978B #99BE8B

split-complementary

#8BB2BE #BE8B99 #BEB18B

monochromatic

#4A7784 #6498A8 #8BB2BE #B2CCD4 #D9E6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#8BB2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#8BB2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB2BE

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB2BE	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BB6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 178, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.045 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec9d1',
    500: '#8bb2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb2be;
$custom-light: #aec9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.118,
    "s": 28.177,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73918,
    "c": 0.04541,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB2BE

secondary

#DBCECA

accent

#573FA7

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB2BE

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

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