#8BC5DF#8BC5DF

#8BC5DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.070 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC5DF
RGB	rgb(139, 197, 223)
HSL	hsl(199, 57%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(199, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 11.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.53, -12.24, -18.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.53, 22.49, 237.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% -0.0473 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.07 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.9285, 50.7466, 77.2781)
Luminance	0.5075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC5DF #DFA58B

analogous

#8BDFCF #8BC5DF #8B9BDF

triadic

#8BC5DF #DF8BC5 #C5DF8B

tetradic

#8BC5DF #CF8BDF #DFA58B #9BDF8B

square

#8BC5DF #CF8BDF #DFA58B #9BDF8B

split-complementary

#8BC5DF #DF8B9B #DFCF8B

monochromatic

#3492BC #5BADD2 #8BC5DF #BBDDEC #E7F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#8BC5DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#8BC5DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC5DF

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC5DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC5DF	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB9DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CCDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc5df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 197, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.070 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d6e9',
    500: '#8bc5df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc5df;
$custom-light: #b0d6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc5df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.571,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79275,
    "c": 0.07021,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC5DF

secondary

#B77557

accent

#5421C4

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC5DF

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

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