#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
RGBrgb(139, 197, 227)
HSLhsl(200, 61%, 72%)
HSVhsv(200, 39%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(38.8%, 13.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(76.66, -11.21, -20.83)
CIE-LCHlch(76.66, 23.66, 241.71°)
OKLaboklab(79.42% -0.0458 -0.0574)
OKLCHoklch(79.42% 0.073 231.4)
XYZxyz(44.4742, 50.9648, 80.1519)
Luminance0.5097 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##8BC5E31.001.8811.1911.19
#FFFFFF1.881.0021.0021.00
#00000011.1921.001.001.00
##00000011.1921.001.001.00

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

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#8BC5E3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva