#8BCADD#8BCADD

#8BCADD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.069 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCADD
RGB	rgb(139, 202, 221)
HSL	hsl(194, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(194, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 8.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.84, -15.34, -15.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.84, 22.02, 225.86°)
OKLab	oklab(80.3% -0.0542 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(80.3% 0.069 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.8147, 52.9477, 76.2511)
Luminance	0.5295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCADD #DD9E8B

analogous

#8BDDC7 #8BCADD #8BA1DD

triadic

#8BCADD #DD8BCA #CADD8B

tetradic

#8BCADD #C78BDD #DD9E8B #A1DD8B

square

#8BCADD #C78BDD #DD9E8B #A1DD8B

split-complementary

#8BCADD #DD8BA1 #DDC78B

monochromatic

#369AB8 #5CB4CF #8BCADD #BAE0EB #E7F4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#8BCADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#8BCADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCADD

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCADD	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BCDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CD1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 202, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.069 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0dae7',
    500: '#8bcadd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcadd;
$custom-light: #b0dae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.902,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80301,
    "c": 0.06942,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCADD

secondary

#B46D58

accent

#4823C2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCADD

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

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