#8BB3BD#8BB3BD

#8BB3BD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.045 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB3BD
RGB	rgb(139, 179, 189)
HSL	hsl(192, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(192, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, -11.06, -9.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 14.56, 220.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0372 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.045 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9501, 41.4017, 54.2314)
Luminance	0.4140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB3BD #BD958B

analogous

#8BBDAE #8BB3BD #8B9ABD

triadic

#8BB3BD #BD8BB3 #B3BD8B

tetradic

#8BB3BD #AE8BBD #BD958B #9ABD8B

square

#8BB3BD #AE8BBD #BD958B #9ABD8B

split-complementary

#8BB3BD #BD8B9A #BDAE8B

monochromatic

#4B7883 #6499A7 #8BB3BD #B2CDD3 #D9E6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#8BB3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#8BB3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB3BD

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB3BD	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BB7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 179, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.045 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec9d0',
    500: '#8bb3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb3bd;
$custom-light: #aec9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 27.473,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74105,
    "c": 0.0453,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB3BD

secondary

#DBCDC9

accent

#543FA6

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB3BD

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

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