#8BC3EA#8BC3EA

#8BC3EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.080 H 239.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC3EA
RGB	rgb(139, 195, 234)
HSL	hsl(205, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(205, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 16.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.35, -8.33, -25.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.35, 26.42, 251.62°)
OKLab	oklab(79.26% -0.0409 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(79.26% 0.08 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.0089, 50.4569, 85.1934)
Luminance	0.5046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC3EA #EAB28B

analogous

#8BEAE2 #8BC3EA #8B93EA

triadic

#8BC3EA #EA8BC3 #C3EA8B

tetradic

#8BC3EA #E28BEA #EAB28B #93EA8B

square

#8BC3EA #E28BEA #EAB28B #93EA8B

split-complementary

#8BC3EA #EA8B93 #EAE28B

monochromatic

#268DD4 #57A8E1 #8BC3EA #BFDEF3 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#8BC3EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#8BC3EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC3EA

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC3EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC3EA	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C2EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B8E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67CDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc3ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 195, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.080 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d5f0',
    500: '#8bc3ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc3ea;
$custom-light: #b0d5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc3ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.632,
    "s": 69.343,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79258,
    "c": 0.08046,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC3EA

secondary

#C48355

accent

#6214D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC3EA

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

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