#8BC8E6#8BC8E6

#8BC8E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.076 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC8E6
RGB	rgb(139, 200, 230)
HSL	hsl(200, 65%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(200, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 13%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.58, -12.01, -21.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.58, 24.23, 240.28°)
OKLab	oklab(80.19% -0.0484 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(80.19% 0.076 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.5798, 52.5078, 82.5808)
Luminance	0.5251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC8E6 #E6A98B

analogous

#8BE6D6 #8BC8E6 #8B9BE6

triadic

#8BC8E6 #E68BC8 #C8E68B

tetradic

#8BC8E6 #D68BE6 #E6A98B #9BE68B

square

#8BC8E6 #D68BE6 #E6A98B #9BE68B

split-complementary

#8BC8E6 #E68B9B #E6D68B

monochromatic

#2C96CB #59B0DB #8BC8E6 #BDE0F1 #E6F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#8BC8E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#8BC8E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC8E6

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC8E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC8E6	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C6E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBBE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc8e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 200, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.076 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d8ee',
    500: '#8bc8e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc8e6;
$custom-light: #b0d8ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc8e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.78,
    "s": 64.539,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80191,
    "c": 0.07551,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC8E6

secondary

#BF7956

accent

#5419CC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC8E6

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

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