#8BC8EB#8BC8EB

#8BC8EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.080 H 234.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC8EB
RGB	rgb(139, 200, 235)
HSL	hsl(202, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(202, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 14.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.75, -10.71, -23.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.75, 25.80, 245.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.0466 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.08 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.2920, 52.7927, 86.3319)
Luminance	0.5280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC8EB #EBAE8B

analogous

#8BEBDE #8BC8EB #8B98EB

triadic

#8BC8EB #EB8BC8 #C8EB8B

tetradic

#8BC8EB #DE8BEB #EBAE8B #98EB8B

square

#8BC8EB #DE8BEB #EBAE8B #98EB8B

split-complementary

#8BC8EB #EB8B98 #EBDE8B

monochromatic

#2596D7 #57AFE2 #8BC8EB #BFE1F4 #E5F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#8BC8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#8BC8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC8EB

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC8EB	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C6ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABCEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65D1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 200, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.080 234.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d8f1',
    500: '#8bc8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc8eb;
$custom-light: #b0d8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.875,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8038,
    "c": 0.0798,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC8EB

secondary

#C57E55

accent

#5913D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC8EB

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

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