#8BC3EC#8BC3EC

#8BC3EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.082 H 240.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC3EC
RGB	rgb(139, 195, 236)
HSL	hsl(205, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(205, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 17.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.42, -7.80, -26.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.42, 27.19, 253.32°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% -0.0402 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.082 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.2978, 50.5725, 86.7152)
Luminance	0.5058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC3EC #ECB48B

analogous

#8BECE4 #8BC3EC #8B92EC

triadic

#8BC3EC #EC8BC3 #C3EC8B

tetradic

#8BC3EC #E48BEC #ECB48B #92EC8B

square

#8BC3EC #E48BEC #ECB48B #92EC8B

split-complementary

#8BC3EC #EC8B92 #ECE48B

monochromatic

#248CD9 #56A8E3 #8BC3EC #C0DEF5 #E5F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#8BC3EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#8BC3EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC3EC

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC3EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC3EC	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C2EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66CDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc3ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 195, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.082 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d5f2',
    500: '#8bc3ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc3ec;
$custom-light: #b0d5f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc3ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.361,
    "s": 71.852,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79337,
    "c": 0.08249,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC3EC

secondary

#C78555

accent

#6412D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC3EC

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

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