#8BCBDA#8BCBDA

#8BCBDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.068 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCBDA
RGB	rgb(139, 203, 218)
HSL	hsl(191, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(191, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 6.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.03, -16.60, -13.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.03, 21.66, 219.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.42% -0.0566 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(80.42% 0.068 214)
XYZ	xyz(44.6539, 53.2601, 74.2433)
Luminance	0.5326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCBDA #DA9A8B

analogous

#8BDAC1 #8BCBDA #8BA4DA

triadic

#8BCBDA #DA8BCB #CBDA8B

tetradic

#8BCBDA #C18BDA #DA9A8B #A4DA8B

square

#8BCBDA #C18BDA #DA9A8B #A4DA8B

split-complementary

#8BCBDA #DA8BA4 #DAC18B

monochromatic

#399BB2 #5DB6CB #8BCBDA #B9E0E9 #E8F5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#8BCBDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#8BCBDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCBDA

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCBDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCBDA	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C7DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BDDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DD1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcbda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 203, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.068 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0dbe5',
    500: '#8bcbda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcbda;
$custom-light: #b0dbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcbda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.392,
    "s": 51.634,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80416,
    "c": 0.06824,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.53263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCBDA

secondary

#B16958

accent

#4326BF

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCBDA

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

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