#8BB4BE#8BB4BE

#8BB4BE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.046 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB4BE
RGB	rgb(139, 180, 190)
HSL	hsl(192, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(192, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, -11.36, -9.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 14.85, 220.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.0382 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.046 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2601, 41.8476, 54.8721)
Luminance	0.4185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB4BE #BE958B

analogous

#8BBEAF #8BB4BE #8B9BBE

triadic

#8BB4BE #BE8BB4 #B4BE8B

tetradic

#8BB4BE #AF8BBE #BE958B #9BBE8B

square

#8BB4BE #AF8BBE #BE958B #9BBE8B

split-complementary

#8BB4BE #BE8B9B #BEAF8B

monochromatic

#4A7984 #649BA8 #8BB4BE #B2CDD4 #D9E7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#8BB4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#8BB4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB4BE

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB4BE	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BB8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 180, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.046 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aecad1',
    500: '#8bb4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb4be;
$custom-light: #aecad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.765,
    "s": 28.177,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7436,
    "c": 0.04621,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB4BE

secondary

#DBCDCA

accent

#533FA7

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB4BE

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

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