#8BC9DB#8BC9DB

#8BC9DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.068 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC9DB
RGB	rgb(139, 201, 219)
HSL	hsl(194, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(194, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 8.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.50, -15.32, -15.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.50, 21.61, 224.85°)
OKLab	oklab(80.01% -0.0537 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(80.01% 0.068 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.3159, 52.3740, 74.7782)
Luminance	0.5238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC9DB #DB9D8B

analogous

#8BDBC5 #8BC9DB #8BA1DB

triadic

#8BC9DB #DB8BC9 #C9DB8B

tetradic

#8BC9DB #C58BDB #DB9D8B #A1DB8B

square

#8BC9DB #C58BDB #DB9D8B #A1DB8B

split-complementary

#8BC9DB #DB8BA1 #DBC58B

monochromatic

#3898B4 #5CB3CD #8BC9DB #BADFE9 #E8F4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#8BC9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#8BC9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC9DB

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC9DB	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC5DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BBDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DD0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 201, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.068 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d9e6',
    500: '#8bc9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc9db;
$custom-light: #b0d9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80009,
    "c": 0.06809,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC9DB

secondary

#B26C58

accent

#4825C0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC9DB

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

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