#8BC4DA#8BC4DA

#8BC4DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.067 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC4DA
RGB	rgb(139, 196, 218)
HSL	hsl(197, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(197, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 10.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.09, -12.98, -16.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.09, 21.26, 232.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.87% -0.0479 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(78.87% 0.067 224)
XYZ	xyz(43.0380, 50.0283, 73.7047)
Luminance	0.5003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC4DA #DAA18B

analogous

#8BDAC9 #8BC4DA #8B9CDA

triadic

#8BC4DA #DA8BC4 #C4DA8B

tetradic

#8BC4DA #C98BDA #DAA18B #9CDA8B

square

#8BC4DA #C98BDA #DAA18B #9CDA8B

split-complementary

#8BC4DA #DA8B9C #DAC98B

monochromatic

#3990B2 #5DACCB #8BC4DA #B9DCE9 #E8F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#8BC4DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#8BC4DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC4DA

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC4DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC4DA	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C1DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB8DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ECBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc4da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 196, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.067 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd5e5',
    500: '#8bc4da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc4da;
$custom-light: #afd5e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc4da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.709,
    "s": 51.634,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78873,
    "c": 0.06658,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.50031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC4DA

secondary

#B17158

accent

#5126BF

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC4DA

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

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