#8BC8DA#8BC8DA

#8BC8DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.067 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC8DA
RGB	rgb(139, 200, 218)
HSL	hsl(194, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(194, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 8.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.20, -15.05, -15.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.20, 21.37, 225.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% -0.0529 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.067 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.9523, 51.8568, 74.0095)
Luminance	0.5186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC8DA #DA9D8B

analogous

#8BDAC5 #8BC8DA #8BA0DA

triadic

#8BC8DA #DA8BC8 #C8DA8B

tetradic

#8BC8DA #C58BDA #DA9D8B #A0DA8B

square

#8BC8DA #C58BDA #DA9D8B #A0DA8B

split-complementary

#8BC8DA #DA8BA0 #DAC58B

monochromatic

#3996B2 #5DB2CB #8BC8DA #B9DEE9 #E8F4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#8BC8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#8BC8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC8DA

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC8DA	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC4DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BBDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ECFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 200, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.067 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d8e5',
    500: '#8bc8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc8da;
$custom-light: #b0d8e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.671,
    "s": 51.634,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79753,
    "c": 0.06729,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC8DA

secondary

#B16D58

accent

#4926BF

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC8DA

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

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