#8BBDDD#8BBDDD

#8BBDDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.070 H 236.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBDDD
RGB	rgb(139, 189, 221)
HSL	hsl(203, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(203, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.26, -8.52, -21.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.26, 22.88, 248.14°)
OKLab	oklab(77.45% -0.0381 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(77.45% 0.07 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.8919, 47.1023, 75.2769)
Luminance	0.4711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBDDD #DDAB8B

analogous

#8BDDD4 #8BBDDD #8B94DD

triadic

#8BBDDD #DD8BBD #BDDD8B

tetradic

#8BBDDD #D48BDD #DDAB8B #94DD8B

square

#8BBDDD #D48BDD #DDAB8B #94DD8B

split-complementary

#8BBDDD #DD8B94 #DDD48B

monochromatic

#3685B8 #5CA2CF #8BBDDD #BAD8EB #E7F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#8BBDDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#8BBDDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBDDD

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBDDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBDDD	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBCDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EC5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 189, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.070 236.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.415,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77454,
    "c": 0.06978,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBDDD

secondary

#EDDFD7

accent

#6123C2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111416

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBDDD

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

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