#8BC2E7#8BC2E7

#8BC2E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.078 H 238.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC2E7
RGB	rgb(139, 194, 231)
HSL	hsl(204, 66%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(204, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 16%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.97, -8.59, -24.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.97, 25.52, 250.33°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% -0.0407 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.078 238.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.3582, 49.8394, 82.8684)
Luminance	0.4984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC2E7 #E7B08B

analogous

#8BE7DE #8BC2E7 #8B94E7

triadic

#8BC2E7 #E78BC2 #C2E78B

tetradic

#8BC2E7 #DE8BE7 #E7B08B #94E78B

square

#8BC2E7 #DE8BE7 #E7B08B #94E78B

split-complementary

#8BC2E7 #E78B94 #E7DE8B

monochromatic

#2A8CCD #58A7DD #8BC2E7 #BEDDF1 #E6F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#8BC2E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#8BC2E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC2E7

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC2E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC2E7	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C1E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B7E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69CBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc2e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 194, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.078 238.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d4ee',
    500: '#8bc2e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc2e7;
$custom-light: #b0d4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc2e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.13,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78925,
    "c": 0.07786,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC2E7

secondary

#F1E3DA

accent

#6118CE

background

#FBFDFE

surface

#F6FAFD

border

#D0D3D5

text

#111416

muted

#808384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC2E7

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

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