#8BB5DB#8BB5DB

#8BB5DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.071 H 246.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB5DB
RGB	rgb(139, 181, 219)
HSL	hsl(209, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(209, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 17.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -4.73, -23.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 24.06, 258.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% -0.0287 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.071 246.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.9534, 43.6491, 73.3240)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB5DB #DBB18B

analogous

#8BDBD9 #8BB5DB #8B8DDB

triadic

#8BB5DB #DB8BB5 #B5DB8B

tetradic

#8BB5DB #D98BDB #DBB18B #8DDB8B

square

#8BB5DB #D98BDB #DBB18B #8DDB8B

split-complementary

#8BB5DB #DB8B8D #DBD98B

monochromatic

#3879B4 #5C97CD #8BB5DB #BAD3E9 #E8F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#8BB5DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#8BB5DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB5DB

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB5DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB5DB	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B5DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CADDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb5db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 181, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.071 246.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcbe6',
    500: '#8bb5db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb5db;
$custom-light: #afcbe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb5db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75646,
    "c": 0.07112,
    "h": 246.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB5DB

secondary

#ECE0D6

accent

#6F25C0

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F8FC

border

#CFD1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB5DB

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

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