#8BC0DD#8BC0DD

#8BC0DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.069 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC0DD
RGB	rgb(139, 192, 221)
HSL	hsl(201, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(201, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 13.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.08, -10.11, -19.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.08, 22.40, 243.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.0418 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.069 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.5439, 48.4063, 75.4942)
Luminance	0.4841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC0DD #DDA88B

analogous

#8BDDD1 #8BC0DD #8B97DD

triadic

#8BC0DD #DD8BC0 #C0DD8B

tetradic

#8BC0DD #D18BDD #DDA88B #97DD8B

square

#8BC0DD #D18BDD #DDA88B #97DD8B

split-complementary

#8BC0DD #DD8B97 #DDD18B

monochromatic

#368AB8 #5CA6CF #8BC0DD #BADAEB #E7F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#8BC0DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#8BC0DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC0DD

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC0DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC0DD	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EC8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc0dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 192, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.069 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd3e7',
    500: '#8bc0dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc0dd;
$custom-light: #afd3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc0dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.22,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78108,
    "c": 0.06908,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC0DD

secondary

#EDDFD7

accent

#5C23C2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111416

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC0DD

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

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