#8BBCEC#8BBCEC

#8BBCEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.086 H 248.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBCEC
RGB	rgb(139, 188, 236)
HSL	hsl(210, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(210, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 20.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.51, -4.04, -28.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.51, 29.24, 262.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% -0.0317 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.086 248.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.7660, 47.5089, 86.2046)
Luminance	0.4751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBCEC #ECBB8B

analogous

#8BECEC #8BBCEC #8B8BEC

triadic

#8BBCEC #EC8BBC #BCEC8B

tetradic

#8BBCEC #EC8BEC #ECBB8B #8BEC8B

square

#8BBCEC #EC8BEC #ECBB8B #8BEC8B

split-complementary

#8BBCEC #EC8B8B #ECEC8B

monochromatic

#247FD9 #569EE3 #8BBCEC #C0DAF5 #E5F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#8BBCEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#8BBCEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBCEC

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBCEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBCEC	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BDEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB3EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67C7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbcec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 188, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.086 248.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d0f2',
    500: '#8bbcec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbcec;
$custom-light: #b0d0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbcec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.691,
    "s": 71.852,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77835,
    "c": 0.08632,
    "h": 248.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBCEC

secondary

#F2E5D9

accent

#7212D4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBCEC

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

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