#8BC6DA#8BC6DA

#8BC6DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.067 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC6DA
RGB	rgb(139, 198, 218)
HSL	hsl(195, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(195, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 9.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.64, -14.02, -16.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.64, 21.27, 228.78°)
OKLab	oklab(79.31% -0.0504 -0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(79.31% 0.067 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.4922, 50.9365, 73.8561)
Luminance	0.5094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC6DA #DA9F8B

analogous

#8BDAC7 #8BC6DA #8B9EDA

triadic

#8BC6DA #DA8BC6 #C6DA8B

tetradic

#8BC6DA #C78BDA #DA9F8B #9EDA8B

square

#8BC6DA #C78BDA #DA9F8B #9EDA8B

split-complementary

#8BC6DA #DA8B9E #DAC78B

monochromatic

#3993B2 #5DAFCB #8BC6DA #B9DDE9 #E8F4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#8BC6DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#8BC6DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC6DA

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC6DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC6DA	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)

#BAC3DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB9DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ECDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc6da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 198, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.067 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd7e5',
    500: '#8bc6da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc6da;
$custom-light: #afd7e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc6da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.19,
    "s": 51.634,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79313,
    "c": 0.06685,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC6DA

secondary

#B16F58

accent

#4D26BF

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC6DA

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

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