#8BB5CE#8BB5CE

#8BB5CE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.058 H 234.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB5CE
RGB	rgb(139, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(202, 41%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(202, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, -8.03, -17.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 18.95, 244.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.0333 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.058 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.3084, 42.9911, 64.6601)
Luminance	0.4299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB5CE #CEA48B

analogous

#8BCEC5 #8BB5CE #8B93CE

triadic

#8BB5CE #CE8BB5 #B5CE8B

tetradic

#8BB5CE #C58BCE #CEA48B #93CE8B

square

#8BB5CE #C58BCE #CEA48B #93CE8B

split-complementary

#8BB5CE #CE8B93 #CEC58B

monochromatic

#427B9C #609ABC #8BB5CE #B6D0E0 #E1ECF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#8BB5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#8BB5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB5CE

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB5CE	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ACCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75BCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.058 234.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aecbdd',
    500: '#8bb5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb5ce;
$custom-light: #aecbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.388,
    "s": 40.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75148,
    "c": 0.05767,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB5CE

secondary

#E5D8D0

accent

#6232B4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FB

border

#CFD1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB5CE

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

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