#8BBCDC#8BBCDC

#8BBCDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.069 H 237.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBCDC
RGB	rgb(139, 188, 220)
HSL	hsl(204, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(204, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.95, -8.24, -21.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.95, 22.71, 248.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% -0.0372 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.069 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.5447, 46.6204, 74.5058)
Luminance	0.4662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBCDC #DCAB8B

analogous

#8BDCD3 #8BBCDC #8B93DC

triadic

#8BBCDC #DC8BBC #BCDC8B

tetradic

#8BBCDC #D38BDC #DCAB8B #93DC8B

square

#8BBCDC #D38BDC #DCAB8B #93DC8B

split-complementary

#8BBCDC #DC8B93 #DCD38B

monochromatic

#3784B6 #5CA1CE #8BBCDC #BAD7EA #E7F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#8BBCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#8BBCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBCDC

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBCDC	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBBDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FC4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbcdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 188, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.069 237.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd0e7',
    500: '#8bbcdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbcdc;
$custom-light: #afd0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbcdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.704,
    "s": 53.642,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77199,
    "c": 0.06911,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBCDC

secondary

#EDDFD6

accent

#6224C1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111416

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBCDC

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

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