#8BBDDB#8BBDDB

#8BBDDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.068 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBDDB
RGB	rgb(139, 189, 219)
HSL	hsl(203, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(203, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 13.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.19, -9.03, -20.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.19, 22.17, 245.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.38% -0.0388 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(77.38% 0.068 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.6271, 46.9963, 73.8819)
Luminance	0.4700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBDDB #DBA98B

analogous

#8BDBD1 #8BBDDB #8B95DB

triadic

#8BBDDB #DB8BBD #BDDB8B

tetradic

#8BBDDB #D18BDB #DBA98B #95DB8B

square

#8BBDDB #D18BDB #DBA98B #95DB8B

split-complementary

#8BBDDB #DB8B95 #DBD18B

monochromatic

#3885B4 #5CA2CD #8BBDDB #BAD8E9 #E8F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#8BBDDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#8BBDDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBDDB

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBDDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBDDB	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBCDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FC5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbddb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 189, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.068 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd0e6',
    500: '#8bbddb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbddb;
$custom-light: #afd0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbddb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77379,
    "c": 0.0679,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBDDB

secondary

#ECDED6

accent

#5F25C0

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111415

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBDDB

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

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