#8BB3BC#8BB3BC

#8BB3BC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.045 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB3BC
RGB	rgb(139, 179, 188)
HSL	hsl(191, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(191, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -11.29, -8.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 14.42, 218.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.0376 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.045 213)
XYZ	xyz(35.8419, 41.3585, 53.6617)
Luminance	0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB3BC #BC948B

analogous

#8BBCAD #8BB3BC #8B9BBC

triadic

#8BB3BC #BC8BB3 #B3BC8B

tetradic

#8BB3BC #AD8BBC #BC948B #9BBC8B

square

#8BB3BC #AD8BBC #BC948B #9BBC8B

split-complementary

#8BB3BC #BC8B9B #BCAD8B

monochromatic

#4B7882 #649AA6 #8BB3BC #B2CCD2 #D9E6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#8BB3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#8BB3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB3BC

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB3BC	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BB7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 179, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.045 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec9d0',
    500: '#8bb3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb3bc;
$custom-light: #aec9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.02,
    "s": 26.776,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74071,
    "c": 0.04486,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.4136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB3BC

secondary

#DACCC9

accent

#5340A5

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB3BC

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

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