#8BC4E8#8BC4E8

#8BC4E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.078 H 236.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC4E8
RGB	rgb(139, 196, 232)
HSL	hsl(203, 67%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(203, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 15.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.55, -9.39, -23.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.55, 25.48, 248.38°)
OKLab	oklab(79.4% -0.0428 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(79.4% 0.078 236.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.9480, 50.7922, 83.7637)
Luminance	0.5080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC4E8 #E8AF8B

analogous

#8BE8DD #8BC4E8 #8B95E8

triadic

#8BC4E8 #E88BC4 #C4E88B

tetradic

#8BC4E8 #DD8BE8 #E8AF8B #95E88B

square

#8BC4E8 #DD8BE8 #E8AF8B #95E88B

split-complementary

#8BC4E8 #E88B95 #E8DD8B

monochromatic

#298FCF #58AADE #8BC4E8 #BEDEF2 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#8BC4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#8BC4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC4E8

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC4E8	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C3EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B8E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68CDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 196, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.078 236.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d5ef',
    500: '#8bc4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc4e8;
$custom-light: #b0d5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.226,
    "s": 66.906,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79397,
    "c": 0.07815,
    "h": 236.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC4E8

secondary

#C27F56

accent

#5E17CF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC4E8

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

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