#8BB4DA#8BB4DA

#8BB4DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.071 H 246.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB4DA
RGB	rgb(139, 180, 218)
HSL	hsl(209, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(209, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 17.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, -4.45, -23.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 23.93, 259.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% -0.0277 -0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.071 246.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.6196, 43.1914, 72.5652)
Luminance	0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB4DA #DAB18B

analogous

#8BDAD9 #8BB4DA #8B8CDA

triadic

#8BB4DA #DA8BB4 #B4DA8B

tetradic

#8BB4DA #D98BDA #DAB18B #8CDA8B

square

#8BB4DA #D98BDA #DAB18B #8CDA8B

split-complementary

#8BB4DA #DA8B8C #DAD98B

monochromatic

#3978B2 #5D96CB #8BB4DA #B9D2E9 #E8F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#8BB4DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#8BB4DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB4DA

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB4DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB4DA	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B4DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BACD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71BDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb4da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 180, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.071 246.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcae5',
    500: '#8bb4da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb4da;
$custom-light: #afcae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb4da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.861,
    "s": 51.634,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75391,
    "c": 0.07055,
    "h": 246.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB4DA

secondary

#EBE0D5

accent

#7026BF

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F8FC

border

#CFD1D5

text

#111315

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB4DA

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

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