#8BCAE7#8BCAE7

#8BCAE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.076 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCAE7
RGB	rgb(139, 202, 231)
HSL	hsl(199, 66%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(199, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 12.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, -12.80, -20.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 24.33, 238.26°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% -0.0505 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.076 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.1868, 53.4966, 83.4779)
Luminance	0.5350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCAE7 #E7A88B

analogous

#8BE7D6 #8BCAE7 #8B9CE7

triadic

#8BCAE7 #E78BCA #CAE78B

tetradic

#8BCAE7 #D68BE7 #E7A88B #9CE78B

square

#8BCAE7 #D68BE7 #E7A88B #9CE78B

split-complementary

#8BCAE7 #E78B9C #E7D68B

monochromatic

#2A9ACD #58B3DD #8BCAE7 #BEE1F1 #E6F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#8BCAE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#8BCAE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCAE7

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCAE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCAE7	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC7E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBDE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67D2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 202, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.076 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0daee',
    500: '#8bcae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcae7;
$custom-light: #b0daee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.913,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80665,
    "c": 0.07612,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCAE7

secondary

#C07756

accent

#5118CE

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCAE7

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

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