#8BC3EF#8BC3EF

#8BC3EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.086 H 242.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC3EF
RGB	rgb(139, 195, 239)
HSL	hsl(206, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(206, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 18.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.53, -7.01, -27.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.53, 28.37, 255.70°)
OKLab	oklab(79.46% -0.0392 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(79.46% 0.086 242.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.7373, 50.7483, 89.0300)
Luminance	0.5075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC3EF #EFB78B

analogous

#8BEFE9 #8BC3EF #8B91EF

triadic

#8BC3EF #EF8BC3 #C3EF8B

tetradic

#8BC3EF #E98BEF #EFB78B #91EF8B

square

#8BC3EF #E98BEF #EFB78B #91EF8B

split-complementary

#8BC3EF #EF8B91 #EFE98B

monochromatic

#1F8BE0 #55A7E8 #8BC3EF #C1DFF6 #E4F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#8BC3EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#8BC3EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC3EF

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC3EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC3EF	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C3F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B8EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64CED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc3ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 195, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.086 242.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d5f4',
    500: '#8bc3ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc3ef;
$custom-light: #b1d5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc3ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.4,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79457,
    "c": 0.08562,
    "h": 242.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC3EF

secondary

#CA8854

accent

#670ED8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC3EF

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

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