#8BC9F6#8BC9F6

#8BC9F6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.090 H 240.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC9F6
RGB	rgb(139, 201, 246)
HSL	hsl(205, 86%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(205, 43%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 18.3%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.41, -8.32, -28.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.41, 29.55, 253.65°)
OKLab	oklab(81.03% -0.044 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(81.03% 0.09 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.1630, 53.9129, 95.0392)
Luminance	0.5392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC9F6 #F6B88B

analogous

#8BF6EE #8BC9F6 #8B93F6

triadic

#8BC9F6 #F68BC9 #C9F68B

tetradic

#8BC9F6 #EE8BF6 #F6B88B #93F68B

square

#8BC9F6 #EE8BF6 #F6B88B #93F68B

split-complementary

#8BC9F6 #F68B93 #F6EE8B

monochromatic

#1994ED #52AFF2 #8BC9F6 #C4E3FA #E3F2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#8BC9F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#8BC9F6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC9F6

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC9F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC9F6	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C8F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BDF5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FD4D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc9f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 201, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.090 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d9f9',
    500: '#8bc9f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc9f6;
$custom-light: #b1d9f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc9f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.234,
    "s": 85.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81029,
    "c": 0.09007,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC9F6

secondary

#D48852

accent

#6103E2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC9F6

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

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