#8BBDEC#8BBDEC

#8BBDEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.086 H 247.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBDEC
RGB	rgb(139, 189, 236)
HSL	hsl(209, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(209, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 19.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.79, -4.58, -28.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.79, 28.91, 260.88°)
OKLab	oklab(78.05% -0.0329 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(78.05% 0.086 247.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.9804, 47.9376, 86.2760)
Luminance	0.4794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBDEC #ECBA8B

analogous

#8BECEA #8BBDEC #8B8CEC

triadic

#8BBDEC #EC8BBD #BDEC8B

tetradic

#8BBDEC #EA8BEC #ECBA8B #8CEC8B

square

#8BBDEC #EA8BEC #ECBA8B #8CEC8B

split-complementary

#8BBDEC #EC8B8C #ECEA8B

monochromatic

#2481D9 #569FE3 #8BBDEC #C0DBF5 #E5F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#8BBDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#8BBDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBDEC

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBDEC	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABEEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67C8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 189, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.086 247.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d0f2',
    500: '#8bbdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbdec;
$custom-light: #b0d0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.072,
    "s": 71.852,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78049,
    "c": 0.08568,
    "h": 247.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBDEC

secondary

#F2E5D9

accent

#7012D4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111417

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBDEC

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

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