#8BBADD#8BBADD

#8BBADD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.071 H 241.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBADD
RGB	rgb(139, 186, 221)
HSL	hsl(206, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(206, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 15.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.43, -6.91, -22.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.43, 23.53, 252.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% -0.0343 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.071 241)
XYZ	xyz(41.2533, 45.8250, 75.0640)
Luminance	0.4583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBADD #DDAE8B

analogous

#8BDDD7 #8BBADD #8B91DD

triadic

#8BBADD #DD8BBA #BADD8B

tetradic

#8BBADD #D78BDD #DDAE8B #91DD8B

square

#8BBADD #D78BDD #DDAE8B #91DD8B

split-complementary

#8BBADD #DD8B91 #DDD78B

monochromatic

#3680B8 #5C9ECF #8BBADD #BAD6EB #E7F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#8BBADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#8BBADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBADD

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBADD	1.00	2.07	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EC3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 186, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.071 241.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.61,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76804,
    "c": 0.07084,
    "h": 241
  },
  "luminance": 0.45827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBADD

secondary

#EDE0D7

accent

#6723C2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBADD

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

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