#8BBDD0#8BBDD0

#8BBDD0 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.059 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBDD0
RGB	rgb(139, 189, 208)
HSL	hsl(197, 42%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(197, 33%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 9.1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, -11.79, -14.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 18.93, 231.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.0429 -0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.059 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.2265, 46.4361, 66.5057)
Luminance	0.4644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBDD0 #D09E8B

analogous

#8BD0C0 #8BBDD0 #8B9AD0

triadic

#8BBDD0 #D08BBD #BDD08B

tetradic

#8BBDD0 #C08BD0 #D09E8B #9AD08B

square

#8BBDD0 #C08BD0 #D09E8B #9AD08B

split-complementary

#8BBDD0 #D08B9A #D0C08B

monochromatic

#4186A0 #5FA4BE #8BBDD0 #B7D6E2 #E2EFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#8BBDD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#8BBDD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBDD0

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBDD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBDD0	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BAD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B2D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbdd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 189, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.059 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd0de',
    500: '#8bbdd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbdd0;
$custom-light: #afd0de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbdd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.522,
    "s": 42.331,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76974,
    "c": 0.05904,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBDD0

secondary

#E6D7D1

accent

#5530B5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F9FB

border

#CFD2D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBDD0

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

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