#8BC5DC#8BC5DC

#8BC5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.068 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC5DC
RGB	rgb(139, 197, 220)
HSL	hsl(197, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(197, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 10.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.43, -12.99, -17.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.43, 21.72, 233.25°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% -0.0484 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.068 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.5276, 50.5862, 75.1668)
Luminance	0.5059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC5DC #DCA28B

analogous

#8BDCCA #8BC5DC #8B9CDC

triadic

#8BC5DC #DC8BC5 #C5DC8B

tetradic

#8BC5DC #CA8BDC #DCA28B #9CDC8B

square

#8BC5DC #CA8BDC #DCA28B #9CDC8B

split-complementary

#8BC5DC #DC8B9C #DCCA8B

monochromatic

#3792B6 #5CADCE #8BC5DC #BADDEA #E7F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#8BC5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#8BC5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC5DC

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC5DC	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB8DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DCCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 197, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.068 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d6e6',
    500: '#8bc5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc5dc;
$custom-light: #b0d6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.037,
    "s": 53.642,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79165,
    "c": 0.06803,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC5DC

secondary

#B37258

accent

#5124C1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC5DC

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

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