#8BC5E4#8BC5E4

#8BC5E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.074 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC5E4
RGB	rgb(139, 197, 228)
HSL	hsl(201, 62%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(201, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 13.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, -10.95, -21.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 23.97, 242.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.46% -0.0455 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(79.46% 0.074 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.6126, 51.0202, 80.8808)
Luminance	0.5102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC5E4 #E4AA8B

analogous

#8BE4D7 #8BC5E4 #8B99E4

triadic

#8BC5E4 #E48BC5 #C5E48B

tetradic

#8BC5E4 #D78BE4 #E4AA8B #99E48B

square

#8BC5E4 #D78BE4 #E4AA8B #99E48B

split-complementary

#8BC5E4 #E48B99 #E4D78B

monochromatic

#2E91C6 #59ACD8 #8BC5E4 #BDDEF0 #E6F3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#8BC5E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#8BC5E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC5E4

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC5E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC5E4	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C3E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B9E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69CECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc5e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 197, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.074 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d6ec',
    500: '#8bc5e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc5e4;
$custom-light: #b0d6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc5e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.899,
    "s": 62.238,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79461,
    "c": 0.07427,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC5E4

secondary

#BD7A56

accent

#581CCA

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC5E4

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

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