#8BB3DD#8BB3DD

#8BB3DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.075 H 250.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB3DD
RGB	rgb(139, 179, 221)
HSL	hsl(211, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(211, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 19%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, -3.12, -25.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 25.60, 262.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% -0.0254 -0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.075 250.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.8146, 42.9475, 74.5844)
Luminance	0.4295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB3DD #DDB58B

analogous

#8BDCDD #8BB3DD #8C8BDD

triadic

#8BB3DD #DD8BB3 #B3DD8B

tetradic

#8BB3DD #DD8BDC #DDB58B #8BDD8C

square

#8BB3DD #DD8BDC #DDB58B #8BDD8C

split-complementary

#8BB3DD #DD8C8B #DCDD8B

monochromatic

#3675B8 #5C94CF #8BB3DD #BAD2EB #E7EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#8BB3DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#8BB3DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB3DD

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB3DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB3DD	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ABDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FBDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb3dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 179, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.075 250.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc9e7',
    500: '#8bb3dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb3dd;
$custom-light: #afc9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb3dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.732,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75297,
    "c": 0.07467,
    "h": 250.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB3DD

secondary

#EDE2D7

accent

#7523C2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB3DD

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

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