#8BC0E6#8BC0E6

#8BC0E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.078 H 240.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC0E6
RGB	rgb(139, 192, 230)
HSL	hsl(205, 65%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(205, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 16.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.39, -7.79, -24.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.39, 25.59, 252.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% -0.0386 -0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.078 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.7753, 48.8988, 81.9793)
Luminance	0.4890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC0E6 #E6B18B

analogous

#8BE6DF #8BC0E6 #8B93E6

triadic

#8BC0E6 #E68BC0 #C0E68B

tetradic

#8BC0E6 #DF8BE6 #E6B18B #93E68B

square

#8BC0E6 #DF8BE6 #E6B18B #93E68B

split-complementary

#8BC0E6 #E68B93 #E6DF8B

monochromatic

#2C88CB #59A5DB #8BC0E6 #BDDBF1 #E6F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#8BC0E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#8BC0E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC0E6

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC0E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC0E6	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BFE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B5E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69C9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc0e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 192, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.078 240.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d3ee',
    500: '#8bc0e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc0e6;
$custom-light: #b0d3ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc0e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.055,
    "s": 64.539,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78453,
    "c": 0.07762,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC0E6

secondary

#F1E4DA

accent

#6419CC

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111416

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC0E6

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

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