#8BC4E9#8BC4E9

#8BC4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.079 H 237.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC4E9
RGB	rgb(139, 196, 233)
HSL	hsl(204, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(204, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 15.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, -9.13, -24.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 25.83, 249.31°)
OKLab	oklab(79.44% -0.0425 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(79.44% 0.079 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.0904, 50.8492, 84.5139)
Luminance	0.5085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC4E9 #E9B08B

analogous

#8BE9DF #8BC4E9 #8B95E9

triadic

#8BC4E9 #E98BC4 #C4E98B

tetradic

#8BC4E9 #DF8BE9 #E9B08B #95E98B

square

#8BC4E9 #DF8BE9 #E9B08B #95E98B

split-complementary

#8BC4E9 #E98B95 #E9DF8B

monochromatic

#288FD2 #58AADF #8BC4E9 #BEDEF3 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#8BC4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#8BC4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC4E9

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC4E9	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C3EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B8E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67CED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 196, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.079 237.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d5f0',
    500: '#8bc4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc4e9;
$custom-light: #b0d5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.617,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79436,
    "c": 0.07911,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC4E9

secondary

#C38055

accent

#5F15D0

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC4E9

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

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