#8BC8DB#8BC8DB

#8BC8DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.068 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC8DB
RGB	rgb(139, 200, 219)
HSL	hsl(194, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(194, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 8.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.23, -14.80, -15.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.23, 21.55, 226.61°)
OKLab	oklab(79.79% -0.0525 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(79.79% 0.068 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.0836, 51.9093, 74.7007)
Luminance	0.5191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC8DB #DB9E8B

analogous

#8BDBC6 #8BC8DB #8BA0DB

triadic

#8BC8DB #DB8BC8 #C8DB8B

tetradic

#8BC8DB #C68BDB #DB9E8B #A0DB8B

square

#8BC8DB #C68BDB #DB9E8B #A0DB8B

split-complementary

#8BC8DB #DB8BA0 #DBC68B

monochromatic

#3896B4 #5CB2CD #8BC8DB #BADEE9 #E8F4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#8BC8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#8BC8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC8DB

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC8DB	1.00	1.84	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.84	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)

#BCC4DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBBDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DCFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 200, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.068 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d8e6',
    500: '#8bc8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc8db;
$custom-light: #b0d8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.25,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79789,
    "c": 0.06784,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC8DB

secondary

#B26E58

accent

#4A25C0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC8DB

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

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