#8BBCD7#8BBCD7

#8BBCD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.065 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBCD7
RGB	rgb(139, 188, 215)
HSL	hsl(201, 49%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(201, 35%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 12.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -9.51, -18.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 20.98, 243.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% -0.039 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.065 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.8924, 46.3595, 71.0704)
Luminance	0.4636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBCD7 #D7A68B

analogous

#8BD7CC #8BBCD7 #8B96D7

triadic

#8BBCD7 #D78BBC #BCD78B

tetradic

#8BBCD7 #CC8BD7 #D7A68B #96D78B

square

#8BBCD7 #CC8BD7 #D7A68B #96D78B

split-complementary

#8BBCD7 #D78B96 #D7CC8B

monochromatic

#3B84AC #5DA2C7 #8BBCD7 #B9D6E7 #E6F1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#8BBCD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#8BBCD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBCD7

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBCD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBCD7	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBAD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B2D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71C3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbcd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 188, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.065 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd0e3',
    500: '#8bbcd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbcd7;
$custom-light: #afd0e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbcd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.316,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7701,
    "c": 0.0645,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBCD7

secondary

#EADCD4

accent

#5E29BC

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F9FB

border

#CFD2D4

text

#111415

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBCD7

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

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