#8BBDCE#8BBDCE

#8BBDCE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.058 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBDCE
RGB	rgb(139, 189, 206)
HSL	hsl(195, 41%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(195, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.76, -12.28, -13.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.76, 18.49, 228.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.9% -0.0437 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(76.9% 0.058 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9820, 46.3383, 65.2180)
Luminance	0.4634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBDCE #CE9C8B

analogous

#8BCEBD #8BBDCE #8B9BCE

triadic

#8BBDCE #CE8BBD #BDCE8B

tetradic

#8BBDCE #BD8BCE #CE9C8B #9BCE8B

square

#8BBDCE #BD8BCE #CE9C8B #9BCE8B

split-complementary

#8BBDCE #CE8B9B #CEBD8B

monochromatic

#42869C #60A5BC #8BBDCE #B6D5E0 #E1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#8BBDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#8BBDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBDCE

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBDCE	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B2CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 189, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.058 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd0dd',
    500: '#8bbdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbdce;
$custom-light: #afd0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.224,
    "s": 40.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76903,
    "c": 0.05776,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBDCE

secondary

#E5D5D0

accent

#5332B4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F9FB

border

#CFD2D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBDCE

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

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