#8BCAEB#8BCAEB

#8BCAEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.079 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCAEB
RGB	rgb(139, 202, 235)
HSL	hsl(201, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(201, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 14%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.30, -11.76, -22.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.30, 25.51, 242.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.82% -0.049 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(80.82% 0.079 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.7582, 53.7252, 86.4873)
Luminance	0.5373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCAEB #EBAC8B

analogous

#8BEBDC #8BCAEB #8B9AEB

triadic

#8BCAEB #EB8BCA #CAEB8B

tetradic

#8BCAEB #DC8BEB #EBAC8B #9AEB8B

square

#8BCAEB #DC8BEB #EBAC8B #9AEB8B

split-complementary

#8BCAEB #EB8B9A #EBDC8B

monochromatic

#259AD7 #57B2E2 #8BCAEB #BFE2F4 #E5F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#8BCAEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#8BCAEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCAEB

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCAEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCAEB	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC8ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBDEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65D3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcaeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 202, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.079 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1daf1',
    500: '#8bcaeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcaeb;
$custom-light: #b1daf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcaeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.625,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80815,
    "c": 0.07938,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCAEB

secondary

#C57C55

accent

#5513D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCAEB

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

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