#8BBCDE#8BBCDE

#8BBCDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.071 H 239.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBCDE
RGB	rgb(139, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(205, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(205, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.01, -7.73, -22.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.01, 23.45, 250.76°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% -0.0365 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.071 239.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.8112, 46.7270, 75.9092)
Luminance	0.4673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBCDE #DEAD8B

analogous

#8BDED6 #8BBCDE #8B92DE

triadic

#8BBCDE #DE8BBC #BCDE8B

tetradic

#8BBCDE #D68BDE #DEAD8B #92DE8B

square

#8BBCDE #D68BDE #DEAD8B #92DE8B

split-complementary

#8BBCDE #DE8B92 #DED68B

monochromatic

#3583BA #5BA0D0 #8BBCDE #BBD8EC #E7F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#8BBCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#8BBCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBCDE

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBCDE	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBBE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EC5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.071 239.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd0e8',
    500: '#8bbcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbcde;
$custom-light: #afd0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.578,
    "s": 55.705,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77276,
    "c": 0.07109,
    "h": 239.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBCDE

secondary

#EEE0D7

accent

#6422C3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111416

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBCDE

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

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