#8BB4DC#8BB4DC

#8BB4DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.073 H 248.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB4DC
RGB	rgb(139, 180, 220)
HSL	hsl(210, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(210, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 18.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -3.93, -24.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 24.81, 260.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% -0.0271 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.073 248.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8829, 43.2967, 73.9519)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB4DC #DCB38B

analogous

#8BDCDC #8BB4DC #8B8BDC

triadic

#8BB4DC #DC8BB4 #B4DC8B

tetradic

#8BB4DC #DC8BDC #DCB38B #8BDC8B

square

#8BB4DC #DC8BDC #DCB38B #8BDC8B

split-complementary

#8BB4DC #DC8B8B #DCDC8B

monochromatic

#3777B6 #5C96CE #8BB4DC #BAD2EA #E7F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#8BB4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#8BB4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB4DC

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB4DC	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AACDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70BDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 180, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.073 248.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcae7',
    500: '#8bb4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb4dc;
$custom-light: #afcae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.63,
    "s": 53.642,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75471,
    "c": 0.07286,
    "h": 248.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB4DC

secondary

#EDE1D6

accent

#7224C1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB4DC

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

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