#8BC4DC#8BC4DC

#8BC4DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.068 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC4DC
RGB	rgb(139, 196, 220)
HSL	hsl(198, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(198, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 10.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, -12.47, -17.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 21.75, 235.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% -0.0472 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.068 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.3013, 50.1336, 75.0913)
Luminance	0.5014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC4DC #DCA38B

analogous

#8BDCCB #8BC4DC #8B9BDC

triadic

#8BC4DC #DC8BC4 #C4DC8B

tetradic

#8BC4DC #CB8BDC #DCA38B #9BDC8B

square

#8BC4DC #CB8BDC #DCA38B #9BDC8B

split-complementary

#8BC4DC #DC8B9B #DCCB8B

monochromatic

#3790B6 #5CACCE #8BC4DC #BADCEA #E7F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#8BC4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#8BC4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC4DC

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC4DC	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB8DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DCBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 196, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.068 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d5e6',
    500: '#8bc4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc4dc;
$custom-light: #b0d5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.778,
    "s": 53.642,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78945,
    "c": 0.06799,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC4DC

secondary

#B37358

accent

#5324C1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC4DC

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

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