#8BB9CD#8BB9CD

#8BB9CD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.057 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB9CD
RGB	rgb(139, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(198, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, -10.41, -15.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 18.25, 235.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% -0.0389 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.057 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0123, 44.5927, 64.2974)
Luminance	0.4460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB9CD #CD9F8B

analogous

#8BCDC0 #8BB9CD #8B98CD

triadic

#8BB9CD #CD8BB9 #B9CD8B

tetradic

#8BB9CD #C08BCD #CD9F8B #98CD8B

square

#8BB9CD #C08BCD #CD9F8B #98CD8B

split-complementary

#8BB9CD #CD8B98 #CDC08B

monochromatic

#43809B #609FBB #8BB9CD #B6D3DF #E1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#8BB9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#8BB9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB9CD

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB9CD	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AFCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75BFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.057 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcedc',
    500: '#8bb9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb9cd;
$custom-light: #afcedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.182,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75988,
    "c": 0.05655,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB9CD

secondary

#E4D6D0

accent

#5A33B3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F9FB

border

#CFD2D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB9CD

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

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