#8BB8DA#8BB8DA

#8BB8DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.069 H 241.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB8DA
RGB	rgb(139, 184, 218)
HSL	hsl(206, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(206, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 15.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, -6.61, -21.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 22.83, 253.16°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% -0.0328 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.069 241.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.4388, 44.8297, 72.8383)
Luminance	0.4483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB8DA #DAAD8B

analogous

#8BDAD5 #8BB8DA #8B90DA

triadic

#8BB8DA #DA8BB8 #B8DA8B

tetradic

#8BB8DA #D58BDA #DAAD8B #90DA8B

square

#8BB8DA #D58BDA #DAAD8B #90DA8B

split-complementary

#8BB8DA #DA8B90 #DAD58B

monochromatic

#397EB2 #5D9CCB #8BB8DA #B9D4E9 #E8F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#8BB8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#8BB8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB8DA

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB8DA	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB7DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAFD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 184, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.069 241.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcde5',
    500: '#8bb8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb8da;
$custom-light: #afcde5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.823,
    "s": 51.634,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76255,
    "c": 0.06856,
    "h": 241.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB8DA

secondary

#EBDFD5

accent

#6826BF

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F9FC

border

#CFD2D5

text

#111315

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB8DA

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

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