#8BBDCD#8BBDCD

#8BBDCD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.057 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBDCD
RGB	rgb(139, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(195, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(195, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.73, -12.52, -13.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.73, 18.29, 226.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% -0.044 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.057 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.8609, 46.2899, 64.5803)
Luminance	0.4629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBDCD #CD9B8B

analogous

#8BCDBC #8BBDCD #8B9CCD

triadic

#8BBDCD #CD8BBD #BDCD8B

tetradic

#8BBDCD #BC8BCD #CD9B8B #9CCD8B

square

#8BBDCD #BC8BCD #CD9B8B #9CCD8B

split-complementary

#8BBDCD #CD8B9C #CDBC8B

monochromatic

#43859B #60A5BB #8BBDCD #B6D5DF #E1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#8BBDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#8BBDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBDCD

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBDCD	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.057 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd1dc',
    500: '#8bbdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbdcd;
$custom-light: #afd1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.545,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76868,
    "c": 0.05717,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBDCD

secondary

#E4D5D0

accent

#5233B3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F9FB

border

#CFD2D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBDCD

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

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