#8BC4E2#8BC4E2

#8BC4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.073 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC4E2
RGB	rgb(139, 196, 226)
HSL	hsl(201, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(201, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 13.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.35, -10.94, -20.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.35, 23.47, 242.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.17% -0.045 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(79.17% 0.073 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.1102, 50.4572, 79.3517)
Luminance	0.5046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC4E2 #E2A98B

analogous

#8BE2D5 #8BC4E2 #8B99E2

triadic

#8BC4E2 #E28BC4 #C4E28B

tetradic

#8BC4E2 #D58BE2 #E2A98B #99E28B

square

#8BC4E2 #D58BE2 #E2A98B #99E28B

split-complementary

#8BC4E2 #E28B99 #E2D58B

monochromatic

#3190C2 #5AABD6 #8BC4E2 #BCDDEE #E7F3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#8BC4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#8BC4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC4E2

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC4E2	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C2E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B8E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BCCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 196, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.073 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d5eb',
    500: '#8bc4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc4e2;
$custom-light: #b0d5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.69,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79168,
    "c": 0.07272,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC4E2

secondary

#BA7957

accent

#581EC8

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC4E2

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

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