#8BBCDB#8BBCDB

#8BBCDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.068 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBCDB
RGB	rgb(139, 188, 219)
HSL	hsl(203, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(203, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.91, -8.50, -20.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.91, 22.35, 247.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.0375 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.068 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.4127, 46.5676, 73.8104)
Luminance	0.4657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBCDB #DBAA8B

analogous

#8BDBD2 #8BBCDB #8B94DB

triadic

#8BBCDB #DB8BBC #BCDB8B

tetradic

#8BBCDB #D28BDB #DBAA8B #94DB8B

square

#8BBCDB #D28BDB #DBAA8B #94DB8B

split-complementary

#8BBCDB #DB8B94 #DBD28B

monochromatic

#3884B4 #5CA1CD #8BBCDB #BAD7E9 #E8F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#8BBCDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#8BBCDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBCDB

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBCDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBCDB	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBBDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FC4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbcdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 188, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.068 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd0e6',
    500: '#8bbcdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbcdb;
$custom-light: #afd0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbcdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.25,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77161,
    "c": 0.06815,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBCDB

secondary

#ECDED6

accent

#6125C0

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111416

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBCDB

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

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