#8BB8DB#8BB8DB

#8BB8DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.070 H 242.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB8DB
RGB	rgb(139, 184, 219)
HSL	hsl(206, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(206, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 16%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, -6.35, -22.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 23.23, 254.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% -0.0325 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.07 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.5700, 44.8822, 73.5295)
Luminance	0.4488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB8DB #DBAE8B

analogous

#8BDBD6 #8BB8DB #8B90DB

triadic

#8BB8DB #DB8BB8 #B8DB8B

tetradic

#8BB8DB #D68BDB #DBAE8B #90DB8B

square

#8BB8DB #D68BDB #DBAE8B #90DB8B

split-complementary

#8BB8DB #DB8B90 #DBD68B

monochromatic

#387EB4 #5C9BCD #8BB8DB #BAD5E9 #E8F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#8BB8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#8BB8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB8DB

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB8DB	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B8DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAFDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 184, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.070 242.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcde6',
    500: '#8bb8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb8db;
$custom-light: #afcde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.25,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76294,
    "c": 0.06961,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB8DB

secondary

#ECE0D6

accent

#6925C0

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB8DB

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

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