#8BC5EE#8BC5EE

#8BC5EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.084 H 239.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC5EE
RGB	rgb(139, 197, 238)
HSL	hsl(205, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(205, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 17.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.04, -8.34, -26.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.04, 27.47, 252.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% -0.0419 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.084 239.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.0411, 51.5916, 88.4044)
Luminance	0.5160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC5EE #EEB48B

analogous

#8BEEE5 #8BC5EE #8B94EE

triadic

#8BC5EE #EE8BC5 #C5EE8B

tetradic

#8BC5EE #E58BEE #EEB48B #94EE8B

square

#8BC5EE #E58BEE #EEB48B #94EE8B

split-complementary

#8BC5EE #EE8B94 #EEE58B

monochromatic

#2190DE #56AAE6 #8BC5EE #C0E0F6 #E4F2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#8BC5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#8BC5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC5EE

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC5EE	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C4F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BAED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64CFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 197, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.084 239.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d6f3',
    500: '#8bc5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc5ee;
$custom-light: #b1d6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.848,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79848,
    "c": 0.08367,
    "h": 239.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC5EE

secondary

#C98554

accent

#620FD7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC5EE

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

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