#8BC6EA#8BC6EA

#8BC6EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.079 H 235.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC6EA
RGB	rgb(139, 198, 234)
HSL	hsl(203, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(203, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 15.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.17, -9.92, -23.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.17, 25.80, 247.39°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% -0.0445 -0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.079 235.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.6878, 51.8148, 85.4197)
Luminance	0.5182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC6EA #EAAF8B

analogous

#8BEADE #8BC6EA #8B96EA

triadic

#8BC6EA #EA8BC6 #C6EA8B

tetradic

#8BC6EA #DE8BEA #EAAF8B #96EA8B

square

#8BC6EA #DE8BEA #EAAF8B #96EA8B

split-complementary

#8BC6EA #EA8B96 #EADE8B

monochromatic

#2692D4 #57ADE1 #8BC6EA #BFDFF3 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#8BC6EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#8BC6EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC6EA

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC6EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC6EA	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C5EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BAE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66CFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc6ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 198, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.079 235.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d7f0',
    500: '#8bc6ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc6ea;
$custom-light: #b0d7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc6ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.737,
    "s": 69.343,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79908,
    "c": 0.07943,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC6EA

secondary

#C47F55

accent

#5C14D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC6EA

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

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