#8BB5CB#8BB5CB

#8BB5CB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.055 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB5CB
RGB	rgb(139, 181, 203)
HSL	hsl(201, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(201, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 10.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.45, -8.77, -15.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.45, 17.95, 240.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% -0.0345 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.055 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.9474, 42.8467, 62.7591)
Luminance	0.4285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB5CB #CBA18B

analogous

#8BCBC1 #8BB5CB #8B95CB

triadic

#8BB5CB #CB8BB5 #B5CB8B

tetradic

#8BB5CB #C18BCB #CBA18B #95CB8B

square

#8BB5CB #C18BCB #CBA18B #95CB8B

split-complementary

#8BB5CB #CB8B95 #CBC18B

monochromatic

#447B98 #619AB8 #8BB5CB #B5D0DE #E0EBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#8BB5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#8BB5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB5CB

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB5CB	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB3CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76BBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 181, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.055 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aecbda',
    500: '#8bb5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb5cb;
$custom-light: #aecbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.625,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75038,
    "c": 0.05502,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB5CB

secondary

#E3D6CF

accent

#5F34B1

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#101314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB5CB

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

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