#8BC4E6#8BC4E6

#8BC4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.076 H 235.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC4E6
RGB	rgb(139, 196, 230)
HSL	hsl(202, 65%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(202, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 14.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.48, -9.91, -22.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.48, 24.78, 246.43°)
OKLab	oklab(79.32% -0.0435 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(79.32% 0.076 235.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.6655, 50.6793, 82.2761)
Luminance	0.5068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC4E6 #E6AD8B

analogous

#8BE6DB #8BC4E6 #8B96E6

triadic

#8BC4E6 #E68BC4 #C4E68B

tetradic

#8BC4E6 #DB8BE6 #E6AD8B #96E68B

square

#8BC4E6 #DB8BE6 #E6AD8B #96E68B

split-complementary

#8BC4E6 #E68B96 #E6DB8B

monochromatic

#2C8FCB #59AADB #8BC4E6 #BDDEF1 #E6F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#8BC4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#8BC4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC4E6

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC4E6	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C2E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69CDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 196, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.076 235.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d5ee',
    500: '#8bc4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc4e6;
$custom-light: #b0d5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.418,
    "s": 64.539,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7932,
    "c": 0.07627,
    "h": 235.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC4E6

secondary

#BF7D56

accent

#5C19CC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC4E6

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

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