#8BB9DB#8BB9DB

#8BB9DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.069 H 240.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB9DB
RGB	rgb(139, 185, 219)
HSL	hsl(206, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(206, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 15.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.09, -6.89, -21.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.09, 22.98, 252.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% -0.0338 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.069 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.7785, 45.2992, 73.5990)
Luminance	0.4530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB9DB #DBAD8B

analogous

#8BDBD5 #8BB9DB #8B91DB

triadic

#8BB9DB #DB8BB9 #B9DB8B

tetradic

#8BB9DB #D58BDB #DBAD8B #91DB8B

square

#8BB9DB #D58BDB #DBAD8B #91DB8B

split-complementary

#8BB9DB #DB8B91 #DBD58B

monochromatic

#387FB4 #5C9DCD #8BB9DB #BAD5E9 #E8F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#8BB9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#8BB9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB9DB

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB9DB	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB8DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FC1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 185, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.069 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcee6',
    500: '#8bb9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb9db;
$custom-light: #afcee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7651,
    "c": 0.06919,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB9DB

secondary

#ECDFD6

accent

#6725C0

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB9DB

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

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