#8BB5D8#8BB5D8

#8BB5D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.068 H 244.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB5D8
RGB	rgb(139, 181, 216)
HSL	hsl(207, 50%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(207, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 16.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -5.51, -22.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 22.79, 256.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.0297 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.068 244)
XYZ	xyz(39.5621, 43.4925, 71.2627)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB5D8 #D8AE8B

analogous

#8BD8D5 #8BB5D8 #8B8FD8

triadic

#8BB5D8 #D88BB5 #B5D88B

tetradic

#8BB5D8 #D58BD8 #D8AE8B #8FD88B

square

#8BB5D8 #D58BD8 #D8AE8B #8FD88B

split-complementary

#8BB5D8 #D88B8F #D8D58B

monochromatic

#3B7AAE #5D98C9 #8BB5D8 #B9D2E7 #E7EFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#8BB5D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#8BB5D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB5D8

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB5D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB5D8	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B5DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DADD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71BDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb5d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 181, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.068 244.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcbe4',
    500: '#8bb5d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb5d8;
$custom-light: #afcbe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb5d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.273,
    "s": 49.677,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75528,
    "c": 0.06779,
    "h": 244
  },
  "luminance": 0.43495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB5D8

secondary

#EADED4

accent

#6C28BD

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FB

border

#CFD1D4

text

#111315

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB5D8

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

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