#8BC5EA#8BC5EA

#8BC5EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.080 H 237.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC5EA
RGB	rgb(139, 197, 234)
HSL	hsl(203, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(203, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 15.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.90, -9.39, -24.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.90, 25.99, 248.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% -0.0433 -0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.08 237.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.4600, 51.3591, 85.3438)
Luminance	0.5136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC5EA #EAB08B

analogous

#8BEADF #8BC5EA #8B95EA

triadic

#8BC5EA #EA8BC5 #C5EA8B

tetradic

#8BC5EA #DF8BEA #EAB08B #95EA8B

square

#8BC5EA #DF8BEA #EAB08B #95EA8B

split-complementary

#8BC5EA #EA8B95 #EADF8B

monochromatic

#2691D4 #57ABE1 #8BC5EA #BFDFF3 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#8BC5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#8BC5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC5EA

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC5EA	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B9E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66CFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 197, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.080 237.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d6f0',
    500: '#8bc5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc5ea;
$custom-light: #b0d6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.368,
    "s": 69.343,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79691,
    "c": 0.07973,
    "h": 237.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC5EA

secondary

#C48055

accent

#5E14D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC5EA

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

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