#8BB9CE#8BB9CE

#8BB9CE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.057 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB9CE
RGB	rgb(139, 185, 206)
HSL	hsl(199, 41%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(199, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.65, -10.16, -15.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.65, 18.53, 236.73°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% -0.0385 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.057 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1334, 44.6411, 64.9352)
Luminance	0.4464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB9CE #CEA08B

analogous

#8BCEC1 #8BB9CE #8B97CE

triadic

#8BB9CE #CE8BB9 #B9CE8B

tetradic

#8BB9CE #C18BCE #CEA08B #97CE8B

square

#8BB9CE #C18BCE #CEA08B #97CE8B

split-complementary

#8BB9CE #CE8B97 #CEC18B

monochromatic

#42809C #609FBC #8BB9CE #B6D3E0 #E1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#8BB9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#8BB9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB9CE

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB9CE	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AFCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 185, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.057 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcedd',
    500: '#8bb9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb9ce;
$custom-light: #afcedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.806,
    "s": 40.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76024,
    "c": 0.05731,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB9CE

secondary

#E5D7D0

accent

#5B32B4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F9FB

border

#CFD2D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB9CE

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

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