#8BBDD5#8BBDD5

#8BBDD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.063 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBDD5
RGB	rgb(139, 189, 213)
HSL	hsl(199, 47%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(199, 35%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, -10.55, -17.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 20.26, 238.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.041 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.063 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.8514, 46.6860, 69.7967)
Luminance	0.4669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBDD5 #D5A38B

analogous

#8BD5C8 #8BBDD5 #8B98D5

triadic

#8BBDD5 #D58BBD #BDD58B

tetradic

#8BBDD5 #C88BD5 #D5A38B #98D58B

square

#8BBDD5 #C88BD5 #D5A38B #98D58B

split-complementary

#8BBDD5 #D58B98 #D5C88B

monochromatic

#3D86A9 #5EA3C5 #8BBDD5 #B8D7E5 #E5F0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#8BBDD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#8BBDD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBDD5

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBDD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBDD5	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BBD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B2D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbdd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 189, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.063 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd0e2',
    500: '#8bbdd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbdd5;
$custom-light: #afd0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbdd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.459,
    "s": 46.835,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77155,
    "c": 0.06272,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBDD5

secondary

#E9DAD3

accent

#5A2BBA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F9FB

border

#CFD2D4

text

#111415

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBDD5

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →