#8BC8DD#8BC8DD

#8BC8DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.069 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC8DD
RGB	rgb(139, 200, 221)
HSL	hsl(195, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(195, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 9.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.29, -14.30, -16.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.29, 21.94, 229.32°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% -0.0517 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.069 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.3484, 52.0153, 76.0957)
Luminance	0.5202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC8DD #DDA08B

analogous

#8BDDC9 #8BC8DD #8B9FDD

triadic

#8BC8DD #DD8BC8 #C8DD8B

tetradic

#8BC8DD #C98BDD #DDA08B #9FDD8B

square

#8BC8DD #C98BDD #DDA08B #9FDD8B

split-complementary

#8BC8DD #DD8B9F #DDC98B

monochromatic

#3696B8 #5CB2CF #8BC8DD #BADEEB #E7F4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#8BC8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#8BC8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC8DD

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC8DD	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)

#BBC5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBBDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CCFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 200, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.069 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d8e7',
    500: '#8bc8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc8dd;
$custom-light: #b0d8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.366,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7986,
    "c": 0.06902,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC8DD

secondary

#B47058

accent

#4C23C2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC8DD

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

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