#8BB2DD#8BB2DD

#8BB2DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.075 H 251.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB2DD
RGB	rgb(139, 178, 221)
HSL	hsl(211, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(211, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 19.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -2.58, -25.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 25.95, 264.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% -0.0242 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.075 251.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6149, 42.5482, 74.5178)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB2DD #DDB68B

analogous

#8BDBDD #8BB2DD #8D8BDD

triadic

#8BB2DD #DD8BB2 #B2DD8B

tetradic

#8BB2DD #DD8BDB #DDB68B #8BDD8D

square

#8BB2DD #DD8BDB #DDB68B #8BDD8D

split-complementary

#8BB2DD #DD8D8B #DBDD8B

monochromatic

#3674B8 #5C93CF #8BB2DD #BAD1EB #E7EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#8BB2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#8BB2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB2DD

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB2DD	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B3DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ABDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70BCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 178, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.075 251.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc8e7',
    500: '#8bb2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb2dd;
$custom-light: #afc8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.463,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75083,
    "c": 0.07536,
    "h": 251.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB2DD

secondary

#EDE2D7

accent

#7723C2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB2DD

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

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