#8BC3E9#8BC3E9

#8BC3E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.079 H 238.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC3E9
RGB	rgb(139, 195, 233)
HSL	hsl(204, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(204, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 16.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.31, -8.60, -24.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.31, 26.05, 250.73°)
OKLab	oklab(79.22% -0.0412 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(79.22% 0.079 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.8656, 50.3996, 84.4390)
Luminance	0.5040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC3E9 #E9B18B

analogous

#8BE9E0 #8BC3E9 #8B94E9

triadic

#8BC3E9 #E98BC3 #C3E98B

tetradic

#8BC3E9 #E08BE9 #E9B18B #94E98B

square

#8BC3E9 #E08BE9 #E9B18B #94E98B

split-complementary

#8BC3E9 #E98B94 #E9E08B

monochromatic

#288DD2 #58A8DF #8BC3E9 #BEDEF3 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#8BC3E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#8BC3E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC3E9

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC3E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC3E9	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C2EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B8E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67CDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc3e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 195, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.079 238.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d5f0',
    500: '#8bc3e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc3e9;
$custom-light: #b0d5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc3e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.255,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79219,
    "c": 0.07946,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC3E9

secondary

#C38255

accent

#6115D0

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC3E9

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

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