#8BBDDE#8BBDDE

#8BBDDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.071 H 237.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBDDE
RGB	rgb(139, 189, 222)
HSL	hsl(204, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(204, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 14.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.29, -8.26, -21.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.29, 23.24, 249.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% -0.0377 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.071 237.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.0255, 47.1557, 75.9806)
Luminance	0.4716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBDDE #DEAC8B

analogous

#8BDED5 #8BBDDE #8B93DE

triadic

#8BBDDE #DE8BBD #BDDE8B

tetradic

#8BBDDE #D58BDE #DEAC8B #93DE8B

square

#8BBDDE #D58BDE #DEAC8B #93DE8B

split-complementary

#8BBDDE #DE8B93 #DED58B

monochromatic

#3585BA #5BA2D0 #8BBDDE #BBD8EC #E7F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#8BBDDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#8BBDDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBDDE

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBDDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBDDE	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBCE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EC5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbdde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 189, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.071 237.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd0e8',
    500: '#8bbdde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbdde;
$custom-light: #afd0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbdde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.855,
    "s": 55.705,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77493,
    "c": 0.07074,
    "h": 237.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBDDE

secondary

#EEE0D7

accent

#6222C3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111416

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBDDE

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

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