#8BB6D8#8BB6D8

#8BB6D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.067 H 242.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB6D8
RGB	rgb(139, 182, 216)
HSL	hsl(206, 50%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(206, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 15.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, -6.05, -21.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 22.52, 254.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.031 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.067 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.7661, 43.9007, 71.3308)
Luminance	0.4390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB6D8 #D8AD8B

analogous

#8BD8D4 #8BB6D8 #8B90D8

triadic

#8BB6D8 #D88BB6 #B6D88B

tetradic

#8BB6D8 #D48BD8 #D8AD8B #90D88B

square

#8BB6D8 #D48BD8 #D8AD8B #90D88B

split-complementary

#8BB6D8 #D88B90 #D8D48B

monochromatic

#3B7BAE #5D99C9 #8BB6D8 #B9D3E7 #E7F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#8BB6D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#8BB6D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB6D8

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB6D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB6D8	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B6DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EADD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb6d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 182, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.067 242.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcbe4',
    500: '#8bb6d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb6d8;
$custom-light: #afcbe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb6d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.494,
    "s": 49.677,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75744,
    "c": 0.06732,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB6D8

secondary

#EADED4

accent

#6A28BD

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FB

border

#CFD1D4

text

#111315

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB6D8

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

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