#8BB5BE#8BB5BE

#8BB5BE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.047 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB5BE
RGB	rgb(139, 181, 190)
HSL	hsl(191, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(191, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, -11.89, -9.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 15.00, 217.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.0395 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.047 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.4627, 42.2528, 54.9396)
Luminance	0.4225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB5BE #BE948B

analogous

#8BBEAE #8BB5BE #8B9CBE

triadic

#8BB5BE #BE8BB5 #B5BE8B

tetradic

#8BB5BE #AE8BBE #BE948B #9CBE8B

square

#8BB5BE #AE8BBE #BE948B #9CBE8B

split-complementary

#8BB5BE #BE8B9C #BEAE8B

monochromatic

#4A7A84 #649CA8 #8BB5BE #B2CED4 #D9E7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#8BB5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#8BB5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB5BE

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB5BE	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB2BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BB9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 181, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.047 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aecbd1',
    500: '#8bb5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb5be;
$custom-light: #aecbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 28.177,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74582,
    "c": 0.0467,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB5BE

secondary

#DBCDCA

accent

#513FA7

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB5BE

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

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