#8BC3EE#8BC3EE

#8BC3EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.085 H 242.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC3EE
RGB	rgb(139, 195, 238)
HSL	hsl(206, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(206, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 18.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.49, -7.27, -27.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.49, 27.97, 254.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.0395 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.085 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.5900, 50.6894, 88.2541)
Luminance	0.5069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC3EE #EEB68B

analogous

#8BEEE8 #8BC3EE #8B92EE

triadic

#8BC3EE #EE8BC3 #C3EE8B

tetradic

#8BC3EE #E88BEE #EEB68B #92EE8B

square

#8BC3EE #E88BEE #EEB68B #92EE8B

split-complementary

#8BC3EE #EE8B92 #EEE88B

monochromatic

#218CDE #56A7E6 #8BC3EE #C0DFF6 #E4F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#8BC3EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#8BC3EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC3EE

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC3EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC3EE	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C3F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B8ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65CED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc3ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 195, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.085 242.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d5f3',
    500: '#8bc3ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc3ee;
$custom-light: #b1d5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc3ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.061,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79417,
    "c": 0.08457,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC3EE

secondary

#C98754

accent

#660FD7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC3EE

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

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