#8BC9EF#8BC9EF

#8BC9EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.083 H 236.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC9EF
RGB	rgb(139, 201, 239)
HSL	hsl(203, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(203, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 15.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.16, -10.19, -24.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.16, 26.98, 247.82°)
OKLab	oklab(80.75% -0.0464 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(80.75% 0.083 236.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.1088, 53.4912, 89.4871)
Luminance	0.5349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC9EF #EFB18B

analogous

#8BEFE3 #8BC9EF #8B97EF

triadic

#8BC9EF #EF8BC9 #C9EF8B

tetradic

#8BC9EF #E38BEF #EFB18B #97EF8B

square

#8BC9EF #E38BEF #EFB18B #97EF8B

split-complementary

#8BC9EF #EF8B97 #EFE38B

monochromatic

#1F97E0 #55B0E8 #8BC9EF #C1E2F6 #E4F2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#8BC9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#8BC9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC9EF

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC9EF	1.00	1.80	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABDEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63D3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 201, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.083 236.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d9f4',
    500: '#8bc9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc9ef;
$custom-light: #b1d9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.8,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80752,
    "c": 0.0832,
    "h": 236.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC9EF

secondary

#CA8154

accent

#5A0ED8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC9EF

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

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