#8BB3CE#8BB3CE

#8BB3CE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.058 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB3CE
RGB	rgb(139, 179, 206)
HSL	hsl(204, 41%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(204, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 13.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, -6.95, -18.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 19.29, 248.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% -0.0307 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.058 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.9047, 42.1836, 64.5256)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB3CE #CEA68B

analogous

#8BCEC7 #8BB3CE #8B91CE

triadic

#8BB3CE #CE8BB3 #B3CE8B

tetradic

#8BB3CE #C78BCE #CEA68B #91CE8B

square

#8BB3CE #C78BCE #CEA68B #91CE8B

split-complementary

#8BB3CE #CE8B91 #CEC78B

monochromatic

#42789C #6097BC #8BB3CE #B6CFE0 #E1EBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#8BB3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#8BB3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB3CE

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB3CE	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EABCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 179, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.058 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec9dd',
    500: '#8bb3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb3ce;
$custom-light: #aec9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.179,
    "s": 40.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74712,
    "c": 0.05816,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB3CE

secondary

#E5D8D0

accent

#6632B4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FB

border

#CFD1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB3CE

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

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