#8BCBDD#8BCBDD

#8BCBDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.070 H 217.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCBDD
RGB	rgb(139, 203, 221)
HSL	hsl(193, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(193, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 8.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.12, -15.85, -15.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.12, 22.09, 224.15°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% -0.0554 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.07 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.0501, 53.4185, 76.3296)
Luminance	0.5342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCBDD #DD9D8B

analogous

#8BDDC6 #8BCBDD #8BA2DD

triadic

#8BCBDD #DD8BCB #CBDD8B

tetradic

#8BCBDD #C68BDD #DD9D8B #A2DD8B

square

#8BCBDD #C68BDD #DD9D8B #A2DD8B

split-complementary

#8BCBDD #DD8BA2 #DDC68B

monochromatic

#369BB8 #5CB6CF #8BCBDD #BAE0EB #E7F4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#8BCBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#8BCBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCBDD

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCBDD	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC7DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BDDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CD2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 203, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.070 217.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0dbe7',
    500: '#8bcbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcbdd;
$custom-light: #b0dbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.171,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80521,
    "c": 0.06968,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCBDD

secondary

#B46C58

accent

#4623C2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCBDD

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

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