#8BC4EA#8BC4EA

#8BC4EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.080 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC4EA
RGB	rgb(139, 196, 234)
HSL	hsl(204, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(204, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 16.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, -8.86, -24.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 26.20, 250.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% -0.0421 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.08 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.2337, 50.9065, 85.2684)
Luminance	0.5091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC4EA #EAB18B

analogous

#8BEAE0 #8BC4EA #8B94EA

triadic

#8BC4EA #EA8BC4 #C4EA8B

tetradic

#8BC4EA #E08BEA #EAB18B #94EA8B

square

#8BC4EA #E08BEA #EAB18B #94EA8B

split-complementary

#8BC4EA #EA8B94 #EAE08B

monochromatic

#268FD4 #57AAE1 #8BC4EA #BFDEF3 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#8BC4EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#8BC4EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC4EA

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC4EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC4EA	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C3EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B9E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67CED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 196, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.080 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d5f0',
    500: '#8bc4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc4ea;
$custom-light: #b0d5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 69.343,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79475,
    "c": 0.08008,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC4EA

secondary

#C48155

accent

#6014D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC4EA

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

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