#8BB4CE#8BB4CE

#8BB4CE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.058 H 236.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB4CE
RGB	rgb(139, 180, 206)
HSL	hsl(203, 41%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(203, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 12.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, -7.49, -17.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 19.11, 246.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.032 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.058 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1058, 42.5859, 64.5926)
Luminance	0.4259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB4CE #CEA58B

analogous

#8BCEC7 #8BB4CE #8B92CE

triadic

#8BB4CE #CE8BB4 #B4CE8B

tetradic

#8BB4CE #C78BCE #CEA58B #92CE8B

square

#8BB4CE #C78BCE #CEA58B #92CE8B

split-complementary

#8BB4CE #CE8B92 #CEC78B

monochromatic

#42799C #6098BC #8BB4CE #B6D0E0 #E1ECF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#8BB4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#8BB4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB4CE

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB4CE	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75BBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 180, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.058 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aecadd',
    500: '#8bb4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb4ce;
$custom-light: #aecadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.284,
    "s": 40.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7493,
    "c": 0.05789,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB4CE

secondary

#E5D8D0

accent

#6432B4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FB

border

#CFD1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB4CE

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

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