#8BC6DB#8BC6DB

#8BC6DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.067 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC6DB
RGB	rgb(139, 198, 219)
HSL	hsl(196, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(196, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 9.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, -13.77, -16.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 21.48, 230.15°)
OKLab	oklab(79.35% -0.05 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(79.35% 0.067 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.6234, 50.9890, 74.5473)
Luminance	0.5099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC6DB #DBA08B

analogous

#8BDBC8 #8BC6DB #8B9EDB

triadic

#8BC6DB #DB8BC6 #C6DB8B

tetradic

#8BC6DB #C88BDB #DBA08B #9EDB8B

square

#8BC6DB #C88BDB #DBA08B #9EDB8B

split-complementary

#8BC6DB #DB8B9E #DBC88B

monochromatic

#3893B4 #5CAFCD #8BC6DB #BADDE9 #E8F4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#8BC6DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#8BC6DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC6DB

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC6DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC6DB	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	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)

#BAC3DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB9DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DCDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc6db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 198, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.067 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d7e6',
    500: '#8bc6db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc6db;
$custom-light: #b0d7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc6db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.75,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79348,
    "c": 0.06747,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC6DB

secondary

#B27058

accent

#4E25C0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC6DB

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

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