#8BB9CF#8BB9CF

#8BB9CF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.058 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB9CF
RGB	rgb(139, 185, 207)
HSL	hsl(199, 41%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(199, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 10.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.69, -9.92, -15.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.69, 18.82, 238.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% -0.0381 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.058 229)
XYZ	xyz(39.2553, 44.6899, 65.5770)
Luminance	0.4469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB9CF #CFA18B

analogous

#8BCFC3 #8BB9CF #8B97CF

triadic

#8BB9CF #CF8BB9 #B9CF8B

tetradic

#8BB9CF #C38BCF #CFA18B #97CF8B

square

#8BB9CF #C38BCF #CFA18B #97CF8B

split-complementary

#8BB9CF #CF8B97 #CFC38B

monochromatic

#41809E #609FBD #8BB9CF #B6D3E1 #E2EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#8BB9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#8BB9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB9CF

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB9CF	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AFCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 185, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.058 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcedd',
    500: '#8bb9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb9cf;
$custom-light: #afcedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.412,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7606,
    "c": 0.05809,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.44692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB9CF

secondary

#E5D7D0

accent

#5C31B5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F9FB

border

#CFD2D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB9CF

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

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