#8BCAE2#8BCAE2

#8BCAE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.072 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCAE2
RGB	rgb(139, 202, 226)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(197, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 10.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.00, -14.08, -18.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.00, 23.05, 232.36°)
OKLab	oklab(80.48% -0.0523 -0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(80.48% 0.072 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.4907, 53.2182, 79.8118)
Luminance	0.5322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCAE2 #E2A38B

analogous

#8BE2CF #8BCAE2 #8B9FE2

triadic

#8BCAE2 #E28BCA #CAE28B

tetradic

#8BCAE2 #CF8BE2 #E2A38B #9FE28B

square

#8BCAE2 #CF8BE2 #E2A38B #9FE28B

split-complementary

#8BCAE2 #E28B9F #E2CF8B

monochromatic

#319AC2 #5AB4D6 #8BCAE2 #BCE0EE #E7F4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#8BCAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#8BCAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCAE2

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCAE2	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC7E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBCE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AD2D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 202, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.072 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0daeb',
    500: '#8bcae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcae2;
$custom-light: #b0daeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.552,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8048,
    "c": 0.07249,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCAE2

secondary

#BA7257

accent

#4D1EC8

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCAE2

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

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