#8BB5CF#8BB5CF

#8BB5CF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.059 H 235.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB5CF
RGB	rgb(139, 181, 207)
HSL	hsl(203, 41%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(203, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 12.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -7.78, -17.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 19.30, 246.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% -0.033 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.059 235.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4303, 43.0398, 65.3020)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB5CF #CFA58B

analogous

#8BCFC7 #8BB5CF #8B93CF

triadic

#8BB5CF #CF8BB5 #B5CF8B

tetradic

#8BB5CF #C78BCF #CFA58B #93CF8B

square

#8BB5CF #C78BCF #CFA58B #93CF8B

split-complementary

#8BB5CF #CF8B93 #CFC78B

monochromatic

#417B9E #6099BD #8BB5CF #B6D1E1 #E2ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#8BB5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#8BB5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB5CF

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB5CF	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B4D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ACCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75BCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 181, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.059 235.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcbdd',
    500: '#8bb5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb5cf;
$custom-light: #afcbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.941,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75185,
    "c": 0.0586,
    "h": 235.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB5CF

secondary

#E5D8D0

accent

#6331B5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FB

border

#CFD1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB5CF

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

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