#8BB3CD#8BB3CD

#8BB3CD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.057 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB3CD
RGB	rgb(139, 179, 205)
HSL	hsl(204, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(204, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 12.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -7.20, -17.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 18.92, 247.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.0311 -0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.057 237)
XYZ	xyz(37.7836, 42.1351, 63.8878)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB3CD #CDA58B

analogous

#8BCDC6 #8BB3CD #8B92CD

triadic

#8BB3CD #CD8BB3 #B3CD8B

tetradic

#8BB3CD #C68BCD #CDA58B #92CD8B

square

#8BB3CD #C68BCD #CDA58B #92CD8B

split-complementary

#8BB3CD #CD8B92 #CDC68B

monochromatic

#43789B #6097BB #8BB3CD #B6CFDF #E1EBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#8BB3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#8BB3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB3CD

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB3CD	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 179, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.057 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec9dc',
    500: '#8bb3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb3cd;
$custom-light: #aec9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.636,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74675,
    "c": 0.05718,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.42137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB3CD

secondary

#E4D8D0

accent

#6533B3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FB

border

#CFD1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB3CD

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

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