#8BC4E5#8BC4E5

#8BC4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.075 H 234.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC4E5
RGB	rgb(139, 196, 229)
HSL	hsl(202, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(202, 39%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 14.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.45, -10.17, -22.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.45, 24.44, 245.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% -0.0439 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.075 234.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.5255, 50.6233, 81.5386)
Luminance	0.5063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC4E5 #E5AC8B

analogous

#8BE5D9 #8BC4E5 #8B97E5

triadic

#8BC4E5 #E58BC4 #C4E58B

tetradic

#8BC4E5 #D98BE5 #E5AC8B #97E58B

square

#8BC4E5 #D98BE5 #E5AC8B #97E58B

split-complementary

#8BC4E5 #E58B97 #E5D98B

monochromatic

#2D90C9 #59ABDA #8BC4E5 #BDDDF0 #E6F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#8BC4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#8BC4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC4E5

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC4E5	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C2E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69CDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 196, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.075 234.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d5ed',
    500: '#8bc4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc4e5;
$custom-light: #b0d5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79281,
    "c": 0.07536,
    "h": 234.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC4E5

secondary

#BE7C56

accent

#5B1ACB

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC4E5

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

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