#8BBCCE#8BBCCE

#8BBCCE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.058 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBCCE
RGB	rgb(139, 188, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 41%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(196, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 8.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.49, -11.75, -14.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.49, 18.46, 230.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.68% -0.0424 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(76.68% 0.058 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.7677, 45.9096, 65.1466)
Luminance	0.4591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBCCE #CE9D8B

analogous

#8BCEBE #8BBCCE #8B9BCE

triadic

#8BBCCE #CE8BBC #BCCE8B

tetradic

#8BBCCE #BE8BCE #CE9D8B #9BCE8B

square

#8BBCCE #BE8BCE #CE9D8B #9BCE8B

split-complementary

#8BBCCE #CE8B9B #CEBE8B

monochromatic

#42849C #60A3BC #8BBCCE #B6D5E0 #E1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#8BBCCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#8BBCCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBCCE

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBCCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBCCE	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)

#B1B9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74C2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbcce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 188, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.058 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd0dd',
    500: '#8bbcce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbcce;
$custom-light: #afd0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbcce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.119,
    "s": 40.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76683,
    "c": 0.05757,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBCCE

secondary

#E5D6D0

accent

#5532B4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F9FB

border

#CFD2D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBCCE

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

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