#8BC4E7#8BC4E7

#8BC4E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.077 H 236.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC4E7
RGB	rgb(139, 196, 231)
HSL	hsl(203, 66%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(203, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 15.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.52, -9.65, -23.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.52, 25.12, 247.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.0432 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.077 236)
XYZ	xyz(44.8063, 50.7356, 83.0178)
Luminance	0.5074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC4E7 #E7AE8B

analogous

#8BE7DC #8BC4E7 #8B96E7

triadic

#8BC4E7 #E78BC4 #C4E78B

tetradic

#8BC4E7 #DC8BE7 #E7AE8B #96E78B

square

#8BC4E7 #DC8BE7 #E7AE8B #96E78B

split-complementary

#8BC4E7 #E78B96 #E7DC8B

monochromatic

#2A8FCD #58AADD #8BC4E7 #BEDEF1 #E6F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#8BC4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#8BC4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC4E7

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC4E7	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C3E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B8E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68CDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 196, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.077 236.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d5ee',
    500: '#8bc4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc4e7;
$custom-light: #b0d5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.826,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79358,
    "c": 0.07721,
    "h": 236
  },
  "luminance": 0.50738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC4E7

secondary

#C07E56

accent

#5D18CE

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC4E7

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

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