#8BC4EE#8BC4EE

#8BC4EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.084 H 241.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC4EE
RGB	rgb(139, 196, 238)
HSL	hsl(205, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(205, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 17.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.76, -7.81, -26.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.76, 27.71, 253.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% -0.0407 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.084 241)
XYZ	xyz(45.8148, 51.1390, 88.3290)
Luminance	0.5114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC4EE #EEB58B

analogous

#8BEEE7 #8BC4EE #8B93EE

triadic

#8BC4EE #EE8BC4 #C4EE8B

tetradic

#8BC4EE #E78BEE #EEB58B #93EE8B

square

#8BC4EE #E78BEE #EEB58B #93EE8B

split-complementary

#8BC4EE #EE8B93 #EEE78B

monochromatic

#218EDE #56A9E6 #8BC4EE #C0DFF6 #E4F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#8BC4EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#8BC4EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC4EE

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC4EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC4EE	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C3F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B9ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65CED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc4ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 196, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.084 241.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d5f3',
    500: '#8bc4ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc4ee;
$custom-light: #b1d5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc4ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.455,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79632,
    "c": 0.0841,
    "h": 241
  },
  "luminance": 0.51142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC4EE

secondary

#C98654

accent

#640FD7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC4EE

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

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