#8BC9DC#8BC9DC

#8BC9DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.069 H 219.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC9DC
RGB	rgb(139, 201, 220)
HSL	hsl(194, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(194, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 8.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.54, -15.07, -15.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.54, 21.79, 226.23°)
OKLab	oklab(80.05% -0.0534 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(80.05% 0.069 219)
XYZ	xyz(44.4480, 52.4269, 75.4736)
Luminance	0.5243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC9DC #DC9E8B

analogous

#8BDCC6 #8BC9DC #8BA0DC

triadic

#8BC9DC #DC8BC9 #C9DC8B

tetradic

#8BC9DC #C68BDC #DC9E8B #A0DC8B

square

#8BC9DC #C68BDC #DC9E8B #A0DC8B

split-complementary

#8BC9DC #DC8BA0 #DCC68B

monochromatic

#3798B6 #5CB3CE #8BC9DC #BADFEA #E7F4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#8BC9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#8BC9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC9DC

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC9DC	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC5DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BBDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CD0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 201, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.069 219.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d9e6',
    500: '#8bc9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc9dc;
$custom-light: #b0d9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.074,
    "s": 53.642,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80045,
    "c": 0.06864,
    "h": 219
  },
  "luminance": 0.5243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC9DC

secondary

#B36D58

accent

#4924C1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC9DC

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

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