#8BB6CE#8BB6CE

#8BB6CE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.058 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB6CE
RGB	rgb(139, 182, 206)
HSL	hsl(201, 41%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(201, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -8.57, -16.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 18.81, 242.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% -0.0346 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.058 233)
XYZ	xyz(38.5125, 43.3992, 64.7282)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB6CE #CEA38B

analogous

#8BCEC5 #8BB6CE #8B94CE

triadic

#8BB6CE #CE8BB6 #B6CE8B

tetradic

#8BB6CE #C58BCE #CEA38B #94CE8B

square

#8BB6CE #C58BCE #CEA38B #94CE8B

split-complementary

#8BB6CE #CE8B94 #CEC58B

monochromatic

#427C9C #609BBC #8BB6CE #B6D1E0 #E1ECF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#8BB6CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#8BB6CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB6CE

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB6CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB6CE	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ADCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75BDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb6ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 182, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.058 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcbdd',
    500: '#8bb6ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb6ce;
$custom-light: #afcbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb6ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.493,
    "s": 40.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75367,
    "c": 0.0575,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.43401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB6CE

secondary

#E5D7D0

accent

#6032B4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FB

border

#CFD1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB6CE

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

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