#8BC3CF#8BC3CF

#8BC3CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.060 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC3CF
RGB	rgb(139, 195, 207)
HSL	hsl(191, 41%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(191, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 5.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, -15.16, -11.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 19.23, 217.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.0509 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.06 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.4213, 49.0219, 66.2990)
Luminance	0.4902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC3CF #CF978B

analogous

#8BCFB9 #8BC3CF #8BA1CF

triadic

#8BC3CF #CF8BC3 #C3CF8B

tetradic

#8BC3CF #B98BCF #CF978B #A1CF8B

square

#8BC3CF #B98BCF #CF978B #A1CF8B

split-complementary

#8BC3CF #CF8BA1 #CFB98B

monochromatic

#418E9E #60ADBD #8BC3CF #B6D9E1 #E2F0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#8BC3CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#8BC3CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC3CF

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC3CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC3CF	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BFD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB6CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73C8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc3cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 195, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.060 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd5dd',
    500: '#8bc3cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc3cf;
$custom-light: #afd5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc3cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78265,
    "c": 0.0603,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC3CF

secondary

#E5D4D0

accent

#4831B5

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F5FAFB

border

#CFD3D4

text

#111415

muted

#808383

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC3CF

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

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