#8BC5DA#8BC5DA

#8BC5DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.067 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC5DA
RGB	rgb(139, 197, 218)
HSL	hsl(196, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(196, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 9.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, -13.50, -16.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 21.25, 230.58°)
OKLab	oklab(79.09% -0.0492 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(79.09% 0.067 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.2643, 50.4809, 73.7801)
Luminance	0.5048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC5DA #DAA08B

analogous

#8BDAC7 #8BC5DA #8B9EDA

triadic

#8BC5DA #DA8BC5 #C5DA8B

tetradic

#8BC5DA #C78BDA #DAA08B #9EDA8B

square

#8BC5DA #C78BDA #DAA08B #9EDA8B

split-complementary

#8BC5DA #DA8B9E #DAC78B

monochromatic

#3992B2 #5DAECB #8BC5DA #B9DCE9 #E8F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#8BC5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#8BC5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC5DA

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC5DA	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C2DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB8DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ECCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 197, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.067 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd6e5',
    500: '#8bc5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc5da;
$custom-light: #afd6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.949,
    "s": 51.634,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79093,
    "c": 0.06669,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC5DA

secondary

#B17058

accent

#4F26BF

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC5DA

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

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