#8BB5BF#8BB5BF

#8BB5BF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.047 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB5BF
RGB	rgb(139, 181, 191)
HSL	hsl(192, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(192, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 5.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, -11.65, -9.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 15.13, 219.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% -0.0391 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.047 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.5724, 42.2967, 55.5172)
Luminance	0.4230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB5BF #BF958B

analogous

#8BBFAF #8BB5BF #8B9BBF

triadic

#8BB5BF #BF8BB5 #B5BF8B

tetradic

#8BB5BF #AF8BBF #BF958B #9BBF8B

square

#8BB5BF #AF8BBF #BF958B #9BBF8B

split-complementary

#8BB5BF #BF8B9B #BFAF8B

monochromatic

#4A7A86 #649CA9 #8BB5BF #B2CED5 #DAE7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#8BB5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#8BB5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB5BF

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB5BF	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB2C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AB9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 181, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.047 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aecbd2',
    500: '#8bb5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb5bf;
$custom-light: #aecbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.538,
    "s": 28.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74616,
    "c": 0.04712,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB5BF

secondary

#DCCDCA

accent

#523EA8

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB5BF

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

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