#8BBDCF#8BBDCF

#8BBDCF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.058 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBDCF
RGB	rgb(139, 189, 207)
HSL	hsl(196, 41%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(196, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 8.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.80, -12.03, -14.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.80, 18.71, 229.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.0433 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.058 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.1039, 46.3870, 65.8598)
Luminance	0.4639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBDCF #CF9D8B

analogous

#8BCFBF #8BBDCF #8B9BCF

triadic

#8BBDCF #CF8BBD #BDCF8B

tetradic

#8BBDCF #BF8BCF #CF9D8B #9BCF8B

square

#8BBDCF #BF8BCF #CF9D8B #9BCF8B

split-complementary

#8BBDCF #CF8B9B #CFBF8B

monochromatic

#41869E #60A4BD #8BBDCF #B6D6E1 #E2EEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#8BBDCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#8BBDCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBDCF

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBDCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBDCF	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BAD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B2CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbdcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 189, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.058 222.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbdcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.882,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76939,
    "c": 0.05839,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBDCF

secondary

#E5D6D0

accent

#5431B5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F9FB

border

#CFD2D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBDCF

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

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