#8BB4BD#8BB4BD

#8BB4BD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.046 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB4BD
RGB	rgb(139, 180, 189)
HSL	hsl(191, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(191, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 4.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, -11.59, -9.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 14.71, 218.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.0386 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.046 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.1512, 41.8040, 54.2984)
Luminance	0.4181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB4BD #BD948B

analogous

#8BBDAD #8BB4BD #8B9BBD

triadic

#8BB4BD #BD8BB4 #B4BD8B

tetradic

#8BB4BD #AD8BBD #BD948B #9BBD8B

square

#8BB4BD #AD8BBD #BD948B #9BBD8B

split-complementary

#8BB4BD #BD8B9B #BDAD8B

monochromatic

#4B7983 #649BA7 #8BB4BD #B2CDD3 #D9E6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#8BB4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#8BB4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB4BD

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB4BD	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BB8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 180, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.046 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aecad0',
    500: '#8bb4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb4bd;
$custom-light: #aecad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.8,
    "s": 27.473,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74327,
    "c": 0.04578,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB4BD

secondary

#DBCCC9

accent

#523FA6

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB4BD

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

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