#8BC8DC#8BC8DC

#8BC8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.068 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC8DC
RGB	rgb(139, 200, 220)
HSL	hsl(195, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(195, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 9.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.26, -14.55, -16.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.26, 21.74, 227.97°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% -0.0521 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.068 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.2156, 51.9622, 75.3961)
Luminance	0.5196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC8DC #DC9F8B

analogous

#8BDCC7 #8BC8DC #8B9FDC

triadic

#8BC8DC #DC8BC8 #C8DC8B

tetradic

#8BC8DC #C78BDC #DC9F8B #9FDC8B

square

#8BC8DC #C78BDC #DC9F8B #9FDC8B

split-complementary

#8BC8DC #DC8B9F #DCC78B

monochromatic

#3796B6 #5CB2CE #8BC8DC #BADEEA #E7F4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#8BC8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#8BC8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC8DC

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC8DC	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC4DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBBDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DCFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 200, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.068 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d8e6',
    500: '#8bc8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc8dc;
$custom-light: #b0d8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.815,
    "s": 53.642,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79824,
    "c": 0.06842,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC8DC

secondary

#B36F58

accent

#4B24C1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC8DC

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

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