#8BB9D8#8BB9D8

#8BB9D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.066 H 238.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB9D8
RGB	rgb(139, 185, 216)
HSL	hsl(204, 50%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(204, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 14.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.99, -7.66, -20.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.99, 21.83, 249.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% -0.0348 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.066 238.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.3871, 45.1426, 71.5378)
Luminance	0.4515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB9D8 #D8AA8B

analogous

#8BD8D1 #8BB9D8 #8B93D8

triadic

#8BB9D8 #D88BB9 #B9D88B

tetradic

#8BB9D8 #D18BD8 #D8AA8B #93D88B

square

#8BB9D8 #D18BD8 #D8AA8B #93D88B

split-complementary

#8BB9D8 #D88B93 #D8D18B

monochromatic

#3B80AE #5D9DC9 #8BB9D8 #B9D5E7 #E7F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#8BB9D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#8BB9D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB9D8

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB9D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB9D8	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB8DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1AFD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb9d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 185, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.066 238.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcee4',
    500: '#8bb9d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb9d8;
$custom-light: #afcee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb9d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.156,
    "s": 49.677,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76395,
    "c": 0.06615,
    "h": 238.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB9D8

secondary

#EADDD4

accent

#6428BD

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F9FB

border

#CFD2D4

text

#111315

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB9D8

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

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