#8BB5DA#8BB5DA

#8BB5DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.070 H 245.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB5DA
RGB	rgb(139, 181, 218)
HSL	hsl(208, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(208, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 17%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -4.99, -23.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 23.63, 257.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.029 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.07 245.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.8222, 43.5966, 72.6328)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB5DA #DAB08B

analogous

#8BDAD7 #8BB5DA #8B8EDA

triadic

#8BB5DA #DA8BB5 #B5DA8B

tetradic

#8BB5DA #D78BDA #DAB08B #8EDA8B

square

#8BB5DA #D78BDA #DAB08B #8EDA8B

split-complementary

#8BB5DA #DA8B8E #DAD78B

monochromatic

#3979B2 #5D97CB #8BB5DA #B9D3E9 #E8F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#8BB5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#8BB5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB5DA

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB5DA	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B5DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CADD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 181, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.070 245.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcbe5',
    500: '#8bb5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb5da;
$custom-light: #afcbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.101,
    "s": 51.634,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75607,
    "c": 0.06999,
    "h": 245.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB5DA

secondary

#EBE0D5

accent

#6E26BF

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F8FC

border

#CFD1D5

text

#111315

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB5DA

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

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