#8BB2D7#8BB2D7

#8BB2D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.068 H 247.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB2D7
RGB	rgb(139, 178, 215)
HSL	hsl(209, 49%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(209, 35%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 17.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -4.13, -22.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 23.24, 259.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% -0.0262 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.068 247.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.8297, 42.2341, 70.3828)
Luminance	0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB2D7 #D7B08B

analogous

#8BD7D6 #8BB2D7 #8B8CD7

triadic

#8BB2D7 #D78BB2 #B2D78B

tetradic

#8BB2D7 #D68BD7 #D7B08B #8CD78B

square

#8BB2D7 #D68BD7 #D7B08B #8CD78B

split-complementary

#8BB2D7 #D78B8C #D7D68B

monochromatic

#3B75AC #5D94C7 #8BB2D7 #B9D0E7 #E6EEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#8BB2D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#8BB2D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB2D7

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB2D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB2D7	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B2D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAAD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb2d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 178, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.068 247.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc9e3',
    500: '#8bb2d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb2d7;
$custom-light: #afc9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb2d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.211,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74842,
    "c": 0.06828,
    "h": 247.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB2D7

secondary

#EADFD4

accent

#7129BC

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FB

border

#CFD1D4

text

#111315

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB2D7

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

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