#8BB5CC#8BB5CC

#8BB5CC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.056 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB5CC
RGB	rgb(139, 181, 204)
HSL	hsl(201, 39%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(201, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 11.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, -8.52, -16.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 18.28, 242.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% -0.0341 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.056 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0670, 42.8945, 63.3887)
Luminance	0.4290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB5CC #CCA28B

analogous

#8BCCC3 #8BB5CC #8B95CC

triadic

#8BB5CC #CC8BB5 #B5CC8B

tetradic

#8BB5CC #C38BCC #CCA28B #95CC8B

square

#8BB5CC #C38BCC #CCA28B #95CC8B

split-complementary

#8BB5CC #CC8B95 #CCC38B

monochromatic

#437B99 #609AB9 #8BB5CC #B6D0DF #E0EBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#8BB5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#8BB5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB5CC

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB5CC	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB3CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76BBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 181, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.056 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aecbdb',
    500: '#8bb5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb5cc;
$custom-light: #aecbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.231,
    "s": 38.922,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75075,
    "c": 0.05588,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB5CC

secondary

#E4D6CF

accent

#6034B2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB5CC

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

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