#8BB5DD#8BB5DD

#8BB5DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.073 H 247.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB5DD
RGB	rgb(139, 181, 221)
HSL	hsl(209, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(209, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 18.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -4.21, -24.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 24.93, 260.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.028 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.073 247.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.2183, 43.7550, 74.7190)
Luminance	0.4376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB5DD #DDB38B

analogous

#8BDDDC #8BB5DD #8B8CDD

triadic

#8BB5DD #DD8BB5 #B5DD8B

tetradic

#8BB5DD #DC8BDD #DDB38B #8CDD8B

square

#8BB5DD #DC8BDD #DDB38B #8CDD8B

split-complementary

#8BB5DD #DD8B8C #DDDC8B

monochromatic

#3678B8 #5C97CF #8BB5DD #BAD3EB #E7F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#8BB5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#8BB5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB5DD

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB5DD	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B5DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BADDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FBEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 181, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.073 247.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcbe7',
    500: '#8bb5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb5dd;
$custom-light: #afcbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.268,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75726,
    "c": 0.0734,
    "h": 247.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB5DD

secondary

#EDE2D7

accent

#7123C2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB5DD

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

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