#8BC6EF#8BC6EF

#8BC6EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.084 H 239.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC6EF
RGB	rgb(139, 198, 239)
HSL	hsl(205, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(205, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 17.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.34, -8.60, -26.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.34, 27.61, 251.85°)
OKLab	oklab(80.1% -0.0428 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(80.1% 0.084 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.4162, 52.1062, 89.2563)
Luminance	0.5211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC6EF #EFB48B

analogous

#8BEFE6 #8BC6EF #8B94EF

triadic

#8BC6EF #EF8BC6 #C6EF8B

tetradic

#8BC6EF #E68BEF #EFB48B #94EF8B

square

#8BC6EF #E68BEF #EFB48B #94EF8B

split-complementary

#8BC6EF #EF8B94 #EFE68B

monochromatic

#1F91E0 #55ACE8 #8BC6EF #C1E0F6 #E4F2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#8BC6EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#8BC6EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC6EF

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC6EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC6EF	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BAEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64D0D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc6ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 198, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.084 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d7f4',
    500: '#8bc6ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc6ef;
$custom-light: #b1d7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc6ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.6,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80103,
    "c": 0.08427,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC6EF

secondary

#CA8454

accent

#610ED8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC6EF

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

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