#8BBDE4#8BBDE4

#8BBDE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.077 H 242.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBDE4
RGB	rgb(139, 189, 228)
HSL	hsl(206, 62%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(206, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 17.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, -6.70, -24.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 25.55, 254.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.73% -0.0356 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(77.73% 0.077 242.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.8440, 47.4831, 80.2913)
Luminance	0.4749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBDE4 #E4B28B

analogous

#8BE4DF #8BBDE4 #8B91E4

triadic

#8BBDE4 #E48BBD #BDE48B

tetradic

#8BBDE4 #DF8BE4 #E4B28B #91E48B

square

#8BBDE4 #DF8BE4 #E4B28B #91E48B

split-complementary

#8BBDE4 #E48B91 #E4DF8B

monochromatic

#2E84C6 #59A1D8 #8BBDE4 #BDD9F0 #E6F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#8BBDE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#8BBDE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBDE4

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBDE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBDE4	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBDE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B3E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BC7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbde4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 189, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.077 242.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d0ec',
    500: '#8bbde4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbde4;
$custom-light: #b0d0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbde4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.292,
    "s": 62.238,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77726,
    "c": 0.07686,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBDE4

secondary

#F1E4DA

accent

#681CCA

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111416

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBDE4

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

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