#8BCAEC#8BCAEC

#8BCAEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.080 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCAEC
RGB	rgb(139, 202, 236)
HSL	hsl(201, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(201, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 14.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, -11.50, -23.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 25.82, 243.55°)
OKLab	oklab(80.85% -0.0487 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(80.85% 0.08 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.9031, 53.7831, 87.2503)
Luminance	0.5379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCAEC #ECAD8B

analogous

#8BECDD #8BCAEC #8B99EC

triadic

#8BCAEC #EC8BCA #CAEC8B

tetradic

#8BCAEC #DD8BEC #ECAD8B #99EC8B

square

#8BCAEC #DD8BEC #ECAD8B #99EC8B

split-complementary

#8BCAEC #EC8B99 #ECDD8B

monochromatic

#2499D9 #56B2E3 #8BCAEC #C0E2F5 #E5F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#8BCAEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#8BCAEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCAEC

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCAEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCAEC	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBDEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65D3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcaec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 202, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.080 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1daf2',
    500: '#8bcaec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcaec;
$custom-light: #b1daf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcaec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.031,
    "s": 71.852,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80853,
    "c": 0.08024,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCAEC

secondary

#C77D55

accent

#5612D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCAEC

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

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