#8BBDDC#8BBDDC

#8BBDDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.069 H 236.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBDDC
RGB	rgb(139, 189, 220)
HSL	hsl(203, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(203, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 14.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.22, -8.78, -20.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.22, 22.52, 247.07°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% -0.0384 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.069 236)
XYZ	xyz(41.7591, 47.0491, 74.5773)
Luminance	0.4705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBDDC #DCAA8B

analogous

#8BDCD2 #8BBDDC #8B94DC

triadic

#8BBDDC #DC8BBD #BDDC8B

tetradic

#8BBDDC #D28BDC #DCAA8B #94DC8B

square

#8BBDDC #D28BDC #DCAA8B #94DC8B

split-complementary

#8BBDDC #DC8B94 #DCD28B

monochromatic

#3785B6 #5CA2CE #8BBDDC #BAD8EA #E7F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#8BBDDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#8BBDDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBDDC

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBDDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBDDC	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBCDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EC5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbddc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 189, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.069 236.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd0e7',
    500: '#8bbddc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbddc;
$custom-light: #afd0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbddc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.963,
    "s": 53.642,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77416,
    "c": 0.06883,
    "h": 236
  },
  "luminance": 0.47051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBDDC

secondary

#EDDFD6

accent

#6024C1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111416

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBDDC

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

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