#8BBCD9#8BBCD9

#8BBCD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.066 H 234.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBCD9
RGB	rgb(139, 188, 217)
HSL	hsl(202, 51%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(202, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 13.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, -9.01, -19.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 21.65, 245.41°)
OKLab	oklab(77.09% -0.0383 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(77.09% 0.066 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.1510, 46.4629, 72.4321)
Luminance	0.4647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBCD9 #D9A88B

analogous

#8BD9CF #8BBCD9 #8B95D9

triadic

#8BBCD9 #D98BBC #BCD98B

tetradic

#8BBCD9 #CF8BD9 #D9A88B #95D98B

square

#8BBCD9 #CF8BD9 #D9A88B #95D98B

split-complementary

#8BBCD9 #D98B95 #D9CF8B

monochromatic

#3A84B0 #5DA1CA #8BBCD9 #B9D7E8 #E7F1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#8BBCD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#8BBCD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBCD9

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBCD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBCD9	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B2D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbcd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 188, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.066 234.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd0e4',
    500: '#8bbcd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbcd9;
$custom-light: #afd0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbcd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.308,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77085,
    "c": 0.06629,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBCD9

secondary

#EBDDD5

accent

#5F27BE

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#111415

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBCD9

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

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