#8BB3DF#8BB3DF

#8BB3DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.077 H 251.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB3DF
RGB	rgb(139, 179, 223)
HSL	hsl(211, 57%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(211, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 19.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, -2.60, -26.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 26.52, 264.37°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0248 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.077 251.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.0826, 43.0548, 75.9961)
Luminance	0.4306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB3DF #DFB78B

analogous

#8BDDDF #8BB3DF #8D8BDF

triadic

#8BB3DF #DF8BB3 #B3DF8B

tetradic

#8BB3DF #DF8BDD #DFB78B #8BDF8D

square

#8BB3DF #DF8BDD #DFB78B #8BDF8D

split-complementary

#8BB3DF #DF8D8B #DDDF8B

monochromatic

#3475BC #5B94D2 #8BB3DF #BBD2EC #E7EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#8BB3DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#8BB3DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB3DF

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB3DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB3DF	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B4E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ACDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FBDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb3df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 179, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.077 251.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc9e9',
    500: '#8bb3df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb3df;
$custom-light: #afc9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb3df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.429,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75378,
    "c": 0.07707,
    "h": 251.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB3DF

secondary

#EEE3D8

accent

#7721C4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB3DF

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

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