#8BB9CA#8BB9CA

#8BB9CA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.054 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB9CA
RGB	rgb(139, 185, 202)
HSL	hsl(196, 37%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(196, 31%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 8.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, -11.14, -13.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 17.50, 230.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.04 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.054 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.6537, 44.4492, 62.4085)
Luminance	0.4445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB9CA #CA9C8B

analogous

#8BCABB #8BB9CA #8B9ACA

triadic

#8BB9CA #CA8BB9 #B9CA8B

tetradic

#8BB9CA #BB8BCA #CA9C8B #9ACA8B

square

#8BB9CA #BB8BCA #CA9C8B #9ACA8B

split-complementary

#8BB9CA #CA8B9A #CABB8B

monochromatic

#458096 #61A0B7 #8BB9CA #B5D2DD #DFECF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#8BB9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#8BB9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB9CA

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB9CA	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB6CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 185, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.054 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeceda',
    500: '#8bb9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb9ca;
$custom-light: #aeceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.19,
    "s": 37.278,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75881,
    "c": 0.05446,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB9CA

secondary

#E2D4CE

accent

#5635B0

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F9FA

border

#CFD2D3

text

#101314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB9CA

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

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