#8BBDDF#8BBDDF

#8BBDDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.072 H 238.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBDDF
RGB	rgb(139, 189, 223)
HSL	hsl(204, 57%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(204, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 15.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.32, -8.00, -22.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.32, 23.61, 250.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.53% -0.0374 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(77.53% 0.072 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.1600, 47.2095, 76.6886)
Luminance	0.4721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBDDF #DFAD8B

analogous

#8BDFD7 #8BBDDF #8B93DF

triadic

#8BBDDF #DF8BBD #BDDF8B

tetradic

#8BBDDF #D78BDF #DFAD8B #93DF8B

square

#8BBDDF #D78BDF #DFAD8B #93DF8B

split-complementary

#8BBDDF #DF8B93 #DFD78B

monochromatic

#3485BC #5BA2D2 #8BBDDF #BBD8EC #E7F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#8BBDDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#8BBDDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBDDF

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBDDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBDDF	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBCE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B3DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DC6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbddf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 189, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.072 238.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d0e9',
    500: '#8bbddf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbddf;
$custom-light: #b0d0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbddf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.286,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77531,
    "c": 0.07173,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBDDF

secondary

#EEE1D8

accent

#6321C4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111416

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBDDF

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

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