#8BC4EF#8BC4EF

#8BC4EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.085 H 241.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC4EF
RGB	rgb(139, 196, 239)
HSL	hsl(206, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(206, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 18%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.80, -7.54, -27.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.80, 28.10, 254.44°)
OKLab	oklab(79.67% -0.0404 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(79.67% 0.085 241.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.9621, 51.1979, 89.1049)
Luminance	0.5120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC4EF #EFB68B

analogous

#8BEFE8 #8BC4EF #8B92EF

triadic

#8BC4EF #EF8BC4 #C4EF8B

tetradic

#8BC4EF #E88BEF #EFB68B #92EF8B

square

#8BC4EF #E88BEF #EFB68B #92EF8B

split-complementary

#8BC4EF #EF8B92 #EFE88B

monochromatic

#1F8DE0 #55A9E8 #8BC4EF #C1DFF6 #E4F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#8BC4EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#8BC4EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC4EF

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC4EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC4EF	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B9EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64CFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc4ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 196, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.085 241.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d5f4',
    500: '#8bc4ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc4ef;
$custom-light: #b1d5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc4ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.8,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79672,
    "c": 0.08514,
    "h": 241.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC4EF

secondary

#CA8754

accent

#650ED8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC4EF

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

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