#8BBADE#8BBADE

#8BBADE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.072 H 241.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBADE
RGB	rgb(139, 186, 222)
HSL	hsl(206, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(206, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 16.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, -6.66, -22.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 23.92, 253.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% -0.034 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.072 241.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.3869, 45.8784, 75.7677)
Luminance	0.4588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBADE #DEAF8B

analogous

#8BDED8 #8BBADE #8B90DE

triadic

#8BBADE #DE8BBA #BADE8B

tetradic

#8BBADE #D88BDE #DEAF8B #90DE8B

square

#8BBADE #D88BDE #DEAF8B #90DE8B

split-complementary

#8BBADE #DE8B90 #DED88B

monochromatic

#3580BA #5B9ED0 #8BBADE #BBD6EC #E7F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#8BBADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#8BBADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBADE

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBADE	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBAE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EC3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 186, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.072 241.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcee8',
    500: '#8bbade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbade;
$custom-light: #afcee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.024,
    "s": 55.705,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76843,
    "c": 0.07189,
    "h": 241.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBADE

secondary

#EEE1D7

accent

#6822C3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBADE

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

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