#8BCADE#8BCADE

#8BCADE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.070 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCADE
RGB	rgb(139, 202, 222)
HSL	hsl(194, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(194, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.88, -15.09, -16.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.88, 22.21, 227.21°)
OKLab	oklab(80.34% -0.0538 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(80.34% 0.07 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.9483, 53.0012, 76.9549)
Luminance	0.5300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCADE #DE9F8B

analogous

#8BDEC8 #8BCADE #8BA0DE

triadic

#8BCADE #DE8BCA #CADE8B

tetradic

#8BCADE #C88BDE #DE9F8B #A0DE8B

square

#8BCADE #C88BDE #DE9F8B #A0DE8B

split-complementary

#8BCADE #DE8BA0 #DEC88B

monochromatic

#359ABA #5BB4D0 #8BCADE #BBE0EC #E7F4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#8BCADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#8BCADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCADE

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCADE	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BCDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BD1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 202, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.070 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0dae8',
    500: '#8bcade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcade;
$custom-light: #b0dae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.458,
    "s": 55.705,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80336,
    "c": 0.06999,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCADE

secondary

#B66E58

accent

#4922C3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCADE

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

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