#8BBDD4#8BBDD4

#8BBDD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.062 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBDD4
RGB	rgb(139, 189, 212)
HSL	hsl(199, 46%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(199, 34%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 10.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.96, -10.80, -16.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.96, 19.97, 237.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.12% -0.0414 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(77.12% 0.062 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7248, 46.6354, 69.1303)
Luminance	0.4664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBDD4 #D4A28B

analogous

#8BD4C7 #8BBDD4 #8B99D4

triadic

#8BBDD4 #D48BBD #BDD48B

tetradic

#8BBDD4 #C78BD4 #D4A28B #99D48B

square

#8BBDD4 #C78BD4 #D4A28B #99D48B

split-complementary

#8BBDD4 #D48B99 #D4C78B

monochromatic

#3E86A7 #5EA4C3 #8BBDD4 #B8D6E5 #E4F0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#8BBDD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#8BBDD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBDD4

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBDD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBDD4	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BBD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B2D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbdd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 189, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.062 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd0e1',
    500: '#8bbdd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbdd4;
$custom-light: #afd0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbdd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.904,
    "s": 45.912,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77119,
    "c": 0.06193,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBDD4

secondary

#E8D9D3

accent

#592CB9

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F9FB

border

#CFD2D4

text

#111415

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBDD4

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

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