#8BC6EB#8BC6EB

#8BC6EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.080 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC6EB
RGB	rgb(139, 198, 235)
HSL	hsl(203, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(203, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 15.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.20, -9.66, -24.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.20, 26.15, 248.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% -0.0442 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.08 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.8319, 51.8724, 86.1785)
Luminance	0.5188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC6EB #EBB08B

analogous

#8BEBE0 #8BC6EB #8B96EB

triadic

#8BC6EB #EB8BC6 #C6EB8B

tetradic

#8BC6EB #E08BEB #EBB08B #96EB8B

square

#8BC6EB #E08BEB #EBB08B #96EB8B

split-complementary

#8BC6EB #EB8B96 #EBE08B

monochromatic

#2592D7 #57ACE2 #8BC6EB #BFE0F4 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#8BC6EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#8BC6EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC6EB

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC6EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC6EB	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C5ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BAEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66D0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc6eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 198, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.080 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d7f1',
    500: '#8bc6eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc6eb;
$custom-light: #b0d7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc6eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.125,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79947,
    "c": 0.08036,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC6EB

secondary

#C58055

accent

#5D13D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC6EB

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

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