#8BBDEF#8BBDEF

#8BBDEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.089 H 249.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBDEF
RGB	rgb(139, 189, 239)
HSL	hsl(210, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(210, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 20.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.90, -3.78, -29.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.90, 30.23, 262.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78.17% -0.0319 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(78.17% 0.089 249)
XYZ	xyz(44.4199, 48.1134, 88.5908)
Luminance	0.4812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBDEF #EFBD8B

analogous

#8BEFEF #8BBDEF #8B8BEF

triadic

#8BBDEF #EF8BBD #BDEF8B

tetradic

#8BBDEF #EF8BEF #EFBD8B #8BEF8B

square

#8BBDEF #EF8BEF #EFBD8B #8BEF8B

split-complementary

#8BBDEF #EF8B8B #EFEF8B

monochromatic

#1F80E0 #559EE8 #8BBDEF #C1DCF6 #E4F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#8BBDEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#8BBDEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBDEF

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBDEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBDEF	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BEF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB4EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65C9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbdef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 189, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.089 249.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d0f4',
    500: '#8bbdef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbdef;
$custom-light: #b1d0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbdef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78173,
    "c": 0.08914,
    "h": 249
  },
  "luminance": 0.48116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBDEF

secondary

#F3E6D8

accent

#730ED8

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111417

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBDEF

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

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