#8BC4E1#8BC4E1

#8BC4E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.072 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC4E1
RGB	rgb(139, 196, 225)
HSL	hsl(200, 59%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(200, 38%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.2%, 12.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.32, -11.20, -20.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.32, 23.16, 241.08°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% -0.0453 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.072 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.9734, 50.4024, 78.6311)
Luminance	0.5040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC4E1 #E1A88B

analogous

#8BE1D3 #8BC4E1 #8B99E1

triadic

#8BC4E1 #E18BC4 #C4E18B

tetradic

#8BC4E1 #D38BE1 #E1A88B #99E18B

square

#8BC4E1 #D38BE1 #E1A88B #99E18B

split-complementary

#8BC4E1 #E18B99 #E1D38B

monochromatic

#3290C0 #5AABD4 #8BC4E1 #BCDDEE #E7F3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#8BC4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#8BC4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC4E1

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC4E1	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C2E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B8E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BCCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 196, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.072 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d5ea',
    500: '#8bc4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc4e1;
$custom-light: #b0d5ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.233,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7913,
    "c": 0.07188,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC4E1

secondary

#B97857

accent

#571FC7

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC4E1

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

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