#8BBDDA#8BBDDA

#8BBDDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.067 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBDDA
RGB	rgb(139, 189, 218)
HSL	hsl(202, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(202, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 13.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.15, -9.29, -19.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.15, 21.83, 244.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% -0.0392 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.067 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.4958, 46.9438, 73.1906)
Luminance	0.4695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBDDA #DAA88B

analogous

#8BDACF #8BBDDA #8B96DA

triadic

#8BBDDA #DA8BBD #BDDA8B

tetradic

#8BBDDA #CF8BDA #DAA88B #96DA8B

square

#8BBDDA #CF8BDA #DAA88B #96DA8B

split-complementary

#8BBDDA #DA8B96 #DACF8B

monochromatic

#3985B2 #5DA3CB #8BBDDA #B9D7E9 #E8F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#8BBDDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#8BBDDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBDDA

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBDDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBDDA	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBBDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B2DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FC5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbdda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 189, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.067 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd0e5',
    500: '#8bbdda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbdda;
$custom-light: #afd0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbdda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.025,
    "s": 51.634,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77341,
    "c": 0.06698,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBDDA

secondary

#EBDDD5

accent

#5E26BF

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111415

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBDDA

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

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