#8BC5E3#8BC5E3

#8BC5E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.073 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC5E3
RGB	rgb(139, 197, 227)
HSL	hsl(200, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(200, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 13.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.66, -11.21, -20.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.66, 23.66, 241.71°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.0458 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.073 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.4742, 50.9648, 80.1519)
Luminance	0.5097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC5E3 #E3A98B

analogous

#8BE3D5 #8BC5E3 #8B99E3

triadic

#8BC5E3 #E38BC5 #C5E38B

tetradic

#8BC5E3 #D58BE3 #E3A98B #99E38B

square

#8BC5E3 #D58BE3 #E3A98B #99E38B

split-complementary

#8BC5E3 #E38B99 #E3D58B

monochromatic

#2F91C4 #5AACD7 #8BC5E3 #BCDEEF #E6F3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#8BC5E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#8BC5E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC5E3

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC5E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC5E3	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C3E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB9E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ACDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc5e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 197, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.073 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d6eb',
    500: '#8bc5e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc5e3;
$custom-light: #b0d6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc5e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.455,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79423,
    "c": 0.07342,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC5E3

secondary

#BC7957

accent

#571DC9

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC5E3

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

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