#8BC3EB#8BC3EB

#8BC3EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.081 H 240.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC3EB
RGB	rgb(139, 195, 235)
HSL	hsl(205, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(205, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 17%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.38, -8.07, -25.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.38, 26.80, 252.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.3% -0.0405 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(79.3% 0.081 240.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.1529, 50.5145, 85.9522)
Luminance	0.5052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC3EB #EBB38B

analogous

#8BEBE3 #8BC3EB #8B93EB

triadic

#8BC3EB #EB8BC3 #C3EB8B

tetradic

#8BC3EB #E38BEB #EBB38B #93EB8B

square

#8BC3EB #E38BEB #EBB38B #93EB8B

split-complementary

#8BC3EB #EB8B93 #EBE38B

monochromatic

#258DD7 #57A8E2 #8BC3EB #BFDEF4 #E5F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#8BC3EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#8BC3EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC3EB

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC3EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC3EB	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C2ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B8EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66CDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc3eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 195, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.081 240.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d5f1',
    500: '#8bc3eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc3eb;
$custom-light: #b0d5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc3eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79298,
    "c": 0.08147,
    "h": 240.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC3EB

secondary

#C58455

accent

#6313D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC3EB

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

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