#8BC5DD#8BC5DD

#8BC5DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.069 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC5DD
RGB	rgb(139, 197, 221)
HSL	hsl(198, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(198, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 10.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.46, -12.74, -17.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.46, 21.97, 234.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.2% -0.048 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(79.2% 0.069 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.6605, 50.6393, 75.8664)
Luminance	0.5064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC5DD #DDA38B

analogous

#8BDDCC #8BC5DD #8B9CDD

triadic

#8BC5DD #DD8BC5 #C5DD8B

tetradic

#8BC5DD #CC8BDD #DDA38B #9CDD8B

square

#8BC5DD #CC8BDD #DDA38B #9CDD8B

split-complementary

#8BC5DD #DD8B9C #DDCC8B

monochromatic

#3692B8 #5CADCF #8BC5DD #BADDEB #E7F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#8BC5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#8BC5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC5DD

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC5DD	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB8DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DCCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 197, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.069 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d6e7',
    500: '#8bc5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc5dd;
$custom-light: #b0d6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.561,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79201,
    "c": 0.06874,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC5DD

secondary

#B47358

accent

#5223C2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC5DD

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

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