#8BC0D9#8BC0D9

#8BC0D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.066 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC0D9
RGB	rgb(139, 192, 217)
HSL	hsl(199, 51%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(199, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 11.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.95, -11.13, -18.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.95, 21.17, 238.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.0433 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.066 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.0173, 48.1956, 72.7209)
Luminance	0.4820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC0D9 #D9A48B

analogous

#8BD9CB #8BC0D9 #8B99D9

triadic

#8BC0D9 #D98BC0 #C0D98B

tetradic

#8BC0D9 #CB8BD9 #D9A48B #99D98B

square

#8BC0D9 #CB8BD9 #D9A48B #99D98B

split-complementary

#8BC0D9 #D98B99 #D9CB8B

monochromatic

#3A8AB0 #5DA7CA #8BC0D9 #B9D9E8 #E7F2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#8BC0D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#8BC0D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC0D9

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC0D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC0D9	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BEDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B5D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FC7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc0d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 192, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.066 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd3e4',
    500: '#8bc0d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc0d9;
$custom-light: #afd3e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc0d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.231,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77959,
    "c": 0.06575,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC0D9

secondary

#EBDCD5

accent

#5827BE

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#111415

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC0D9

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

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