#8BBED8#8BBED8

#8BBED8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.065 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBED8
RGB	rgb(139, 190, 216)
HSL	hsl(200, 50%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(200, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 12%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.36, -10.32, -18.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.36, 21.06, 240.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.48% -0.0412 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(77.48% 0.065 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.4515, 47.2715, 71.8926)
Luminance	0.4727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBED8 #D8A58B

analogous

#8BD8CC #8BBED8 #8B98D8

triadic

#8BBED8 #D88BBE #BED88B

tetradic

#8BBED8 #CC8BD8 #D8A58B #98D88B

square

#8BBED8 #CC8BD8 #D8A58B #98D88B

split-complementary

#8BBED8 #D88B98 #D8CC8B

monochromatic

#3B87AE #5DA4C9 #8BBED8 #B9D8E7 #E7F1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#8BBED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#8BBED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBED8

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBED8	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BCD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B3D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 190, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.065 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd1e4',
    500: '#8bbed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbed8;
$custom-light: #afd1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.26,
    "s": 49.677,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77484,
    "c": 0.06509,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBED8

secondary

#EADCD4

accent

#5B28BD

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#111415

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBED8

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

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