#8BB8CD#8BB8CD

#8BB8CD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.057 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB8CD
RGB	rgb(139, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(199, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(199, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, -9.88, -15.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 18.31, 237.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.0376 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.057 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.8039, 44.1758, 64.2279)
Luminance	0.4418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB8CD #CDA08B

analogous

#8BCDC1 #8BB8CD #8B97CD

triadic

#8BB8CD #CD8BB8 #B8CD8B

tetradic

#8BB8CD #C18BCD #CDA08B #97CD8B

square

#8BB8CD #C18BCD #CDA08B #97CD8B

split-complementary

#8BB8CD #CD8B97 #CDC18B

monochromatic

#437F9B #609EBB #8BB8CD #B6D2DF #E1ECF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#8BB8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#8BB8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB8CD

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB8CD	1.00	2.14	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.057 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcddc',
    500: '#8bb8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb8cd;
$custom-light: #afcddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.091,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75768,
    "c": 0.05653,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB8CD

secondary

#E4D6D0

accent

#5B33B3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F9FB

border

#CFD2D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB8CD

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

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