#8BCAEE#8BCAEE

#8BCAEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.082 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCAEE
RGB	rgb(139, 202, 238)
HSL	hsl(202, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(202, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.40, -10.98, -24.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.40, 26.47, 245.50°)
OKLab	oklab(80.93% -0.0479 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(80.93% 0.082 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.1953, 53.9000, 88.7892)
Luminance	0.5390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCAEE #EEAF8B

analogous

#8BEEE1 #8BCAEE #8B99EE

triadic

#8BCAEE #EE8BCA #CAEE8B

tetradic

#8BCAEE #E18BEE #EEAF8B #99EE8B

square

#8BCAEE #E18BEE #EEAF8B #99EE8B

split-complementary

#8BCAEE #EE8B99 #EEE18B

monochromatic

#2199DE #56B2E6 #8BCAEE #C0E2F6 #E4F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#8BCAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#8BCAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCAEE

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCAEE	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C8F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBDED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63D4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 202, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.082 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1daf3',
    500: '#8bcaee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcaee;
$custom-light: #b1daf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8093,
    "c": 0.082,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCAEE

secondary

#C97F54

accent

#580FD7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCAEE

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

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