#8BCAEF#8BCAEF

#8BCAEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.083 H 235.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCAEF
RGB	rgb(139, 202, 239)
HSL	hsl(202, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(202, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.44, -10.71, -24.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.44, 26.80, 246.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80.97% -0.0476 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(80.97% 0.083 235)
XYZ	xyz(47.3426, 53.9589, 89.5651)
Luminance	0.5396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCAEF #EFB08B

analogous

#8BEFE2 #8BCAEF #8B98EF

triadic

#8BCAEF #EF8BCA #CAEF8B

tetradic

#8BCAEF #E28BEF #EFB08B #98EF8B

square

#8BCAEF #E28BEF #EFB08B #98EF8B

split-complementary

#8BCAEF #EF8B98 #EFE28B

monochromatic

#1F99E0 #55B1E8 #8BCAEF #C1E3F6 #E4F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#8BCAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#8BCAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCAEF

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCAEF	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBDEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63D4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcaef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 202, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.083 235.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1daf4',
    500: '#8bcaef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcaef;
$custom-light: #b1daf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcaef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.2,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80969,
    "c": 0.08291,
    "h": 235
  },
  "luminance": 0.53962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCAEF

secondary

#CA8054

accent

#580ED8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCAEF

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

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