#8BCAE3#8BCAE3

#8BCAE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.073 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCAE3
RGB	rgb(139, 202, 227)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(197, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 11%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.04, -13.82, -18.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.04, 23.29, 233.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% -0.0519 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.073 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.6284, 53.2732, 80.5366)
Luminance	0.5328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCAE3 #E3A48B

analogous

#8BE3D0 #8BCAE3 #8B9EE3

triadic

#8BCAE3 #E38BCA #CAE38B

tetradic

#8BCAE3 #D08BE3 #E3A48B #9EE38B

square

#8BCAE3 #D08BE3 #E3A48B #9EE38B

split-complementary

#8BCAE3 #E38B9E #E3D08B

monochromatic

#2F9AC4 #5AB3D7 #8BCAE3 #BCE1EF #E6F4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#8BCAE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#8BCAE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCAE3

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCAE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCAE3	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC7E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBDE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69D2D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 202, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.073 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0daeb',
    500: '#8bcae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcae3;
$custom-light: #b0daeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.045,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80517,
    "c": 0.07317,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCAE3

secondary

#BC7357

accent

#4E1DC9

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCAE3

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

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