#8BBEDD#8BBEDD

#8BBEDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.070 H 235.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBEDD
RGB	rgb(139, 190, 221)
HSL	hsl(203, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(203, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 14%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, -9.05, -20.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 22.70, 246.50°)
OKLab	oklab(77.67% -0.0393 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(77.67% 0.07 235.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.1078, 47.5340, 75.3488)
Luminance	0.4754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBEDD #DDAA8B

analogous

#8BDDD3 #8BBEDD #8B95DD

triadic

#8BBEDD #DD8BBE #BEDD8B

tetradic

#8BBEDD #D38BDD #DDAA8B #95DD8B

square

#8BBEDD #D38BDD #DDAA8B #95DD8B

split-complementary

#8BBEDD #DD8B95 #DDD38B

monochromatic

#3687B8 #5CA3CF #8BBEDD #BAD9EB #E7F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#8BBEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#8BBEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBEDD

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBEDD	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BDDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EC6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 190, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.070 235.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd1e7',
    500: '#8bbedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbedd;
$custom-light: #afd1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.683,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77672,
    "c": 0.0695,
    "h": 235.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBEDD

secondary

#EDDFD7

accent

#5F23C2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111416

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBEDD

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

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