#8BB9DC#8BB9DC

#8BB9DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.070 H 241.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB9DC
RGB	rgb(139, 185, 220)
HSL	hsl(206, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(206, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 15.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.12, -6.64, -22.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.12, 23.38, 253.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% -0.0334 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.07 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.9105, 45.3520, 74.2944)
Luminance	0.4535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB9DC #DCAE8B

analogous

#8BDCD6 #8BB9DC #8B90DC

triadic

#8BB9DC #DC8BB9 #B9DC8B

tetradic

#8BB9DC #D68BDC #DCAE8B #90DC8B

square

#8BB9DC #D68BDC #DCAE8B #90DC8B

split-complementary

#8BB9DC #DC8B90 #DCD68B

monochromatic

#377FB6 #5C9DCE #8BB9DC #BAD5EA #E7F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#8BB9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#8BB9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB9DC

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB9DC	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB8DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FC2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 185, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.070 241.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcee7',
    500: '#8bb9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb9dc;
$custom-light: #afcee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.926,
    "s": 53.642,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76549,
    "c": 0.07022,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB9DC

secondary

#EDE0D6

accent

#6824C1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB9DC

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

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