#8BBCDD#8BBCDD

#8BBCDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.070 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBCDD
RGB	rgb(139, 188, 221)
HSL	hsl(204, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(204, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 14.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.98, -7.99, -21.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.98, 23.08, 249.76°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.0368 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.07 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.6776, 46.6735, 75.2054)
Luminance	0.4668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBCDD #DDAC8B

analogous

#8BDDD5 #8BBCDD #8B93DD

triadic

#8BBCDD #DD8BBC #BCDD8B

tetradic

#8BBCDD #D58BDD #DDAC8B #93DD8B

square

#8BBCDD #D58BDD #DDAC8B #93DD8B

split-complementary

#8BBCDD #DD8B93 #DDD58B

monochromatic

#3683B8 #5CA1CF #8BBCDD #BAD7EB #E7F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#8BBCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#8BBCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBCDD

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBCDD	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBBDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EC4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbcdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 188, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.070 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd0e7',
    500: '#8bbcdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbcdd;
$custom-light: #afd0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbcdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.146,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77237,
    "c": 0.07009,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBCDD

secondary

#EDE0D7

accent

#6323C2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111416

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBCDD

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

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