#8BB6DD#8BB6DD

#8BB6DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.073 H 246.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB6DD
RGB	rgb(139, 182, 221)
HSL	hsl(209, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(209, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 17.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, -4.76, -24.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 24.62, 258.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.0293 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.073 246.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.4224, 44.1632, 74.7870)
Luminance	0.4416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB6DD #DDB28B

analogous

#8BDDDB #8BB6DD #8B8DDD

triadic

#8BB6DD #DD8BB6 #B6DD8B

tetradic

#8BB6DD #DB8BDD #DDB28B #8DDD8B

square

#8BB6DD #DB8BDD #DDB28B #8DDD8B

split-complementary

#8BB6DD #DD8B8D #DDDB8B

monochromatic

#367AB8 #5C98CF #8BB6DD #BAD4EB #E7F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#8BB6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#8BB6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB6DD

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB6DD	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAEDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FBFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 182, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.073 246.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcbe7',
    500: '#8bb6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb6dd;
$custom-light: #afcbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.537,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75941,
    "c": 0.07281,
    "h": 246.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB6DD

secondary

#EDE1D7

accent

#6F23C2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB6DD

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

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