#8BB4DB#8BB4DB

#8BB4DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.072 H 247.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB4DB
RGB	rgb(139, 180, 219)
HSL	hsl(209, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(209, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 17.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, -4.19, -24.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 24.37, 260.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0274 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.072 247.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7508, 43.2439, 73.2565)
Luminance	0.4325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB4DB #DBB28B

analogous

#8BDBDA #8BB4DB #8B8CDB

triadic

#8BB4DB #DB8BB4 #B4DB8B

tetradic

#8BB4DB #DA8BDB #DBB28B #8CDB8B

square

#8BB4DB #DA8BDB #DBB28B #8CDB8B

split-complementary

#8BB4DB #DB8B8C #DBDA8B

monochromatic

#3877B4 #5C96CD #8BB4DB #BAD2E9 #E8F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#8BB4DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#8BB4DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB4DB

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB4DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB4DB	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B4DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BACDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70BDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb4db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 180, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.072 247.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcae6',
    500: '#8bb4db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb4db;
$custom-light: #afcae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb4db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.25,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75431,
    "c": 0.0717,
    "h": 247.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB4DB

secondary

#ECE1D6

accent

#7125C0

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F8FC

border

#CFD1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB4DB

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →