#8BC7E5#8BC7E5

#8BC7E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.075 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC7E5
RGB	rgb(139, 199, 229)
HSL	hsl(200, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(200, 39%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 13.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.28, -11.75, -20.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.28, 24.04, 240.74°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% -0.0475 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.075 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.2089, 51.9902, 81.7664)
Luminance	0.5199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC7E5 #E5A98B

analogous

#8BE5D6 #8BC7E5 #8B9AE5

triadic

#8BC7E5 #E58BC7 #C7E58B

tetradic

#8BC7E5 #D68BE5 #E5A98B #9AE58B

square

#8BC7E5 #D68BE5 #E5A98B #9AE58B

split-complementary

#8BC7E5 #E58B9A #E5D68B

monochromatic

#2D95C9 #59AFDA #8BC7E5 #BDDFF0 #E6F3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#8BC7E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#8BC7E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC7E5

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC7E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC7E5	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C5E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBAE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69CFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc7e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 199, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.075 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d8ed',
    500: '#8bc7e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc7e5;
$custom-light: #b0d8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc7e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79935,
    "c": 0.07481,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC7E5

secondary

#BE7956

accent

#551ACB

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC7E5

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

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