#8BBCD0#8BBCD0

#8BBCD0 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.059 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBCD0
RGB	rgb(139, 188, 208)
HSL	hsl(197, 42%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(197, 33%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 9.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.55, -11.26, -15.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.55, 18.94, 233.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% -0.0416 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.059 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.0122, 46.0074, 66.4343)
Luminance	0.4601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBCD0 #D09F8B

analogous

#8BD0C1 #8BBCD0 #8B99D0

triadic

#8BBCD0 #D08BBC #BCD08B

tetradic

#8BBCD0 #C18BD0 #D09F8B #99D08B

square

#8BBCD0 #C18BD0 #D09F8B #99D08B

split-complementary

#8BBCD0 #D08B99 #D0C18B

monochromatic

#4184A0 #5FA3BE #8BBCD0 #B7D5E2 #E2EEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#8BBCD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#8BBCD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBCD0

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBCD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBCD0	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B9D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B1D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73C2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbcd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 188, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.059 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd0de',
    500: '#8bbcd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbcd0;
$custom-light: #afd0de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbcd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.391,
    "s": 42.331,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76754,
    "c": 0.05894,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBCD0

secondary

#E6D7D1

accent

#5730B5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F9FB

border

#CFD2D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBCD0

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

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