#8BBCD6#8BBCD6

#8BBCD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.064 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBCD6
RGB	rgb(139, 188, 214)
HSL	hsl(201, 48%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(201, 35%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 12.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.75, -9.77, -18.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.75, 20.66, 241.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.0394 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.064 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.7643, 46.3082, 70.3957)
Luminance	0.4631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBCD6 #D6A58B

analogous

#8BD6CB #8BBCD6 #8B97D6

triadic

#8BBCD6 #D68BBC #BCD68B

tetradic

#8BBCD6 #CB8BD6 #D6A58B #97D68B

square

#8BBCD6 #CB8BD6 #D6A58B #97D68B

split-complementary

#8BBCD6 #D68B97 #D6CB8B

monochromatic

#3C84AA #5EA2C6 #8BBCD6 #B8D6E6 #E5F0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#8BBCD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#8BBCD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBCD6

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBCD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBCD6	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBAD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B1D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbcd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 188, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.064 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd0e2',
    500: '#8bbcd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbcd6;
$custom-light: #afd0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbcd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.8,
    "s": 47.771,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76973,
    "c": 0.06363,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBCD6

secondary

#E9DBD3

accent

#5D2ABB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F9FB

border

#CFD2D4

text

#111415

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBCD6

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

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