#8BC2EC#8BC2EC

#8BC2EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.083 H 242.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC2EC
RGB	rgb(139, 194, 236)
HSL	hsl(206, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(206, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 17.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, -7.27, -26.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 27.44, 254.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.12% -0.039 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(79.12% 0.083 242)
XYZ	xyz(45.0745, 50.1259, 86.6407)
Luminance	0.5013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC2EC #ECB58B

analogous

#8BECE5 #8BC2EC #8B91EC

triadic

#8BC2EC #EC8BC2 #C2EC8B

tetradic

#8BC2EC #E58BEC #ECB58B #91EC8B

square

#8BC2EC #E58BEC #ECB58B #91EC8B

split-complementary

#8BC2EC #EC8B91 #ECE58B

monochromatic

#248AD9 #56A6E3 #8BC2EC #C0DEF5 #E5F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#8BC2EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#8BC2EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC2EC

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC2EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC2EC	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C2EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66CCD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc2ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 194, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.083 242.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d4f2',
    500: '#8bc2ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc2ec;
$custom-light: #b0d4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc2ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.979,
    "s": 71.852,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79122,
    "c": 0.08295,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.50129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC2EC

secondary

#C78655

accent

#6612D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC2EC

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

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