#8BC4E4#8BC4E4

#8BC4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.074 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC4E4
RGB	rgb(139, 196, 228)
HSL	hsl(202, 62%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(202, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 14%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.42, -10.43, -21.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.42, 24.11, 244.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% -0.0442 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.074 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.3863, 50.5676, 80.8054)
Luminance	0.5057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC4E4 #E4AB8B

analogous

#8BE4D8 #8BC4E4 #8B98E4

triadic

#8BC4E4 #E48BC4 #C4E48B

tetradic

#8BC4E4 #D88BE4 #E4AB8B #98E48B

square

#8BC4E4 #D88BE4 #E4AB8B #98E48B

split-complementary

#8BC4E4 #E48B98 #E4D88B

monochromatic

#2E90C6 #59ABD8 #8BC4E4 #BDDDF0 #E6F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#8BC4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#8BC4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC4E4

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC4E4	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C2E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B8E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ACDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 196, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.074 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d5ec',
    500: '#8bc4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc4e4;
$custom-light: #b0d5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.573,
    "s": 62.238,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79243,
    "c": 0.07447,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC4E4

secondary

#BD7B56

accent

#5A1CCA

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC4E4

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

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