#8BBDEB#8BBDEB

#8BBDEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.085 H 246.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBDEB
RGB	rgb(139, 189, 235)
HSL	hsl(209, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(209, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 19.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.75, -4.85, -28.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.75, 28.48, 260.19°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.0332 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.085 246.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.8355, 47.8797, 85.5130)
Luminance	0.4788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBDEB #EBB98B

analogous

#8BEBE9 #8BBDEB #8B8DEB

triadic

#8BBDEB #EB8BBD #BDEB8B

tetradic

#8BBDEB #E98BEB #EBB98B #8DEB8B

square

#8BBDEB #E98BEB #EBB98B #8DEB8B

split-complementary

#8BBDEB #EB8B8D #EBE98B

monochromatic

#2581D7 #579FE2 #8BBDEB #BFDBF4 #E5F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#8BBDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#8BBDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBDEB

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBDEB	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBEED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67C8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 189, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.085 246.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d0f1',
    500: '#8bbdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbdeb;
$custom-light: #b0d0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.75,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78008,
    "c": 0.08454,
    "h": 246.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBDEB

secondary

#F2E5D9

accent

#6F13D3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111416

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBDEB

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

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