#8BCBD9#8BCBD9

#8BCBD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.068 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCBD9
RGB	rgb(139, 203, 217)
HSL	hsl(191, 51%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(191, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 6.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.00, -16.84, -13.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.00, 21.54, 218.55°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.057 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.068 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.5235, 53.2079, 73.5563)
Luminance	0.5321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCBD9 #D9998B

analogous

#8BD9C0 #8BCBD9 #8BA4D9

triadic

#8BCBD9 #D98BCB #CBD98B

tetradic

#8BCBD9 #C08BD9 #D9998B #A4D98B

square

#8BCBD9 #C08BD9 #D9998B #A4D98B

split-complementary

#8BCBD9 #D98BA4 #D9C08B

monochromatic

#3A9BB0 #5DB6CA #8BCBD9 #B9E0E8 #E7F4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#8BCBD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#8BCBD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCBD9

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCBD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCBD9	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C7DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BDD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DD1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcbd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 203, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.068 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0dbe4',
    500: '#8bcbd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcbd9;
$custom-light: #b0dbe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcbd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.769,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80382,
    "c": 0.06782,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCBD9

secondary

#B06859

accent

#4327BE

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCBD9

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

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