#8BBDE2#8BBDE2

#8BBDE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.075 H 241.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBDE2
RGB	rgb(139, 189, 226)
HSL	hsl(206, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(206, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 16.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, -7.23, -23.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 24.76, 253.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% -0.0363 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.075 241)
XYZ	xyz(42.5680, 47.3727, 78.8376)
Luminance	0.4738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBDE2 #E2B08B

analogous

#8BE2DC #8BBDE2 #8B92E2

triadic

#8BBDE2 #E28BBD #BDE28B

tetradic

#8BBDE2 #DC8BE2 #E2B08B #92E28B

square

#8BBDE2 #DC8BE2 #E2B08B #92E28B

split-complementary

#8BBDE2 #E28B92 #E2DC8B

monochromatic

#3184C2 #5AA1D6 #8BBDE2 #BCD9EE #E7F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#8BBDE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#8BBDE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBDE2

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBDE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBDE2	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBCE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B3E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CC6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbde2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 189, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.075 241.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d0eb',
    500: '#8bbde2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbde2;
$custom-light: #b0d0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbde2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.517,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77648,
    "c": 0.07476,
    "h": 241
  },
  "luminance": 0.47375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBDE2

secondary

#F0E3D9

accent

#661EC8

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111416

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBDE2

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

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