#8BBCD8#8BBCD8

#8BBCD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.065 H 233.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBCD8
RGB	rgb(139, 188, 216)
HSL	hsl(202, 50%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(202, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 13%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.81, -9.26, -19.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.81, 21.31, 244.24°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.0386 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.065 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.0213, 46.4110, 71.7492)
Luminance	0.4641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBCD8 #D8A78B

analogous

#8BD8CD #8BBCD8 #8B96D8

triadic

#8BBCD8 #D88BBC #BCD88B

tetradic

#8BBCD8 #CD8BD8 #D8A78B #96D88B

square

#8BBCD8 #CD8BD8 #D8A78B #96D88B

split-complementary

#8BBCD8 #D88B96 #D8CD8B

monochromatic

#3B84AE #5DA2C9 #8BBCD8 #B9D6E7 #E7F1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#8BBCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#8BBCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBCD8

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBCD8	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBAD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 188, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.065 233.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd0e4',
    500: '#8bbcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbcd8;
$custom-light: #afd0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 49.677,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77048,
    "c": 0.06538,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBCD8

secondary

#EADCD4

accent

#5E28BD

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F9FB

border

#CFD2D4

text

#111415

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBCD8

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

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