#8BB3BF#8BB3BF

#8BB3BF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.046 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB3BF
RGB	rgb(139, 179, 191)
HSL	hsl(194, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(194, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, -10.59, -10.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 14.90, 224.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.0364 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.046 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1687, 41.4892, 55.3826)
Luminance	0.4149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB3BF #BF978B

analogous

#8BBFB1 #8BB3BF #8B99BF

triadic

#8BB3BF #BF8BB3 #B3BF8B

tetradic

#8BB3BF #B18BBF #BF978B #99BF8B

square

#8BB3BF #B18BBF #BF978B #99BF8B

split-complementary

#8BB3BF #BF8B99 #BFB18B

monochromatic

#4A7886 #6499A9 #8BB3BF #B2CDD5 #DAE7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#8BB3BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#8BB3BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB3BF

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB3BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB3BF	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BB7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 179, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.046 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec9d2',
    500: '#8bb3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb3bf;
$custom-light: #aec9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 28.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74174,
    "c": 0.0463,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB3BF

secondary

#DCCECA

accent

#563EA8

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB3BF

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

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