#8BC4E3#8BC4E3

#8BC4E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.074 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC4E3
RGB	rgb(139, 196, 227)
HSL	hsl(201, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(201, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 13.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.38, -10.69, -21.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.38, 23.78, 243.30°)
OKLab	oklab(79.21% -0.0446 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(79.21% 0.074 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.2479, 50.5122, 80.0764)
Luminance	0.5051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC4E3 #E3AA8B

analogous

#8BE3D6 #8BC4E3 #8B98E3

triadic

#8BC4E3 #E38BC4 #C4E38B

tetradic

#8BC4E3 #D68BE3 #E3AA8B #98E38B

square

#8BC4E3 #D68BE3 #E3AA8B #98E38B

split-complementary

#8BC4E3 #E38B98 #E3D68B

monochromatic

#2F90C4 #5AABD7 #8BC4E3 #BCDDEF #E6F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#8BC4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#8BC4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC4E3

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC4E3	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C2E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B8E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ACCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 196, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.074 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d5eb',
    500: '#8bc4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc4e3;
$custom-light: #b0d5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.136,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79205,
    "c": 0.07359,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC4E3

secondary

#BC7A57

accent

#591DC9

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC4E3

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

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