#8BB4CD#8BB4CD

#8BB4CD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.057 H 235.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB4CD
RGB	rgb(139, 180, 205)
HSL	hsl(203, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(203, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 12.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, -7.74, -17.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 18.75, 245.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.0324 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.057 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9847, 42.5374, 63.9549)
Luminance	0.4254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB4CD #CDA48B

analogous

#8BCDC5 #8BB4CD #8B93CD

triadic

#8BB4CD #CD8BB4 #B4CD8B

tetradic

#8BB4CD #C58BCD #CDA48B #93CD8B

square

#8BB4CD #C58BCD #CDA48B #93CD8B

split-complementary

#8BB4CD #CD8B93 #CDC58B

monochromatic

#43799B #6098BB #8BB4CD #B6D0DF #E1EBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#8BB4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#8BB4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB4CD

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB4CD	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76BBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 180, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.057 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aecadc',
    500: '#8bb4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb4cd;
$custom-light: #aecadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.727,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74893,
    "c": 0.05695,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB4CD

secondary

#E4D7D0

accent

#6333B3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FB

border

#CFD1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB4CD

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

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