#8BB5DC#8BB5DC

#8BB5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.072 H 246.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB5DC
RGB	rgb(139, 181, 220)
HSL	hsl(209, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(209, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 17.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, -4.47, -24.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 24.49, 259.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.0283 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.072 246.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.0855, 43.7019, 74.0194)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB5DC #DCB28B

analogous

#8BDCDA #8BB5DC #8B8CDC

triadic

#8BB5DC #DC8BB5 #B5DC8B

tetradic

#8BB5DC #DA8BDC #DCB28B #8CDC8B

square

#8BB5DC #DA8BDC #DCB28B #8CDC8B

split-complementary

#8BB5DC #DC8B8C #DCDA8B

monochromatic

#3779B6 #5C97CE #8BB5DC #BAD3EA #E7F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#8BB5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#8BB5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB5DC

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB5DC	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BADDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70BEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 181, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.072 246.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcbe7',
    500: '#8bb5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb5dc;
$custom-light: #afcbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.889,
    "s": 53.642,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75686,
    "c": 0.07225,
    "h": 246.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB5DC

secondary

#EDE1D6

accent

#7024C1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB5DC

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

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