#8BC8EA#8BC8EA

#8BC8EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.079 H 233.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC8EA
RGB	rgb(139, 200, 234)
HSL	hsl(201, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(201, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 14.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.72, -10.97, -22.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.72, 25.47, 244.48°)
OKLab	oklab(80.34% -0.047 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(80.34% 0.079 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.1480, 52.7351, 85.5731)
Luminance	0.5274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC8EA #EAAD8B

analogous

#8BEADD #8BC8EA #8B98EA

triadic

#8BC8EA #EA8BC8 #C8EA8B

tetradic

#8BC8EA #DD8BEA #EAAD8B #98EA8B

square

#8BC8EA #DD8BEA #EAAD8B #98EA8B

split-complementary

#8BC8EA #EA8B98 #EADD8B

monochromatic

#2696D4 #57AFE1 #8BC8EA #BFE1F3 #E5F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#8BC8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#8BC8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC8EA

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC8EA	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C6EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABBEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66D1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 200, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.079 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d8f0',
    500: '#8bc8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc8ea;
$custom-light: #b0d8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.474,
    "s": 69.343,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80342,
    "c": 0.07891,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC8EA

secondary

#C47D55

accent

#5814D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC8EA

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →