#8BB5CD#8BB5CD

#8BB5CD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.057 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB5CD
RGB	rgb(139, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(202, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(202, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, -8.28, -16.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 18.61, 243.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.0337 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.057 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1873, 42.9426, 64.0224)
Luminance	0.4294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB5CD #CDA38B

analogous

#8BCDC4 #8BB5CD #8B94CD

triadic

#8BB5CD #CD8BB5 #B5CD8B

tetradic

#8BB5CD #C48BCD #CDA38B #94CD8B

square

#8BB5CD #C48BCD #CDA38B #94CD8B

split-complementary

#8BB5CD #CD8B94 #CDC48B

monochromatic

#437B9B #609ABB #8BB5CD #B6D0DF #E1ECF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#8BB5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#8BB5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB5CD

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB5CD	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ACCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76BCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.057 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aecbdc',
    500: '#8bb5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb5cd;
$custom-light: #aecbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75111,
    "c": 0.05676,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB5CD

secondary

#E4D7D0

accent

#6133B3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FB

border

#CFD1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB5CD

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

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