#8BCBDB#8BCBDB

#8BCBDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.069 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCBDB
RGB	rgb(139, 203, 219)
HSL	hsl(192, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(192, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 7.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.06, -16.35, -14.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.06, 21.79, 221.38°)
OKLab	oklab(80.45% -0.0562 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(80.45% 0.069 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.7852, 53.3126, 74.9346)
Luminance	0.5332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCBDB #DB9B8B

analogous

#8BDBC3 #8BCBDB #8BA3DB

triadic

#8BCBDB #DB8BCB #CBDB8B

tetradic

#8BCBDB #C38BDB #DB9B8B #A3DB8B

square

#8BCBDB #C38BDB #DB9B8B #A3DB8B

split-complementary

#8BCBDB #DB8BA3 #DBC38B

monochromatic

#389BB4 #5CB6CD #8BCBDB #BAE0E9 #E8F5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#8BCBDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#8BCBDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCBDB

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCBDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCBDB	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC7DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BDDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DD1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcbdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 203, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.069 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0dbe6',
    500: '#8bcbdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcbdb;
$custom-light: #b0dbe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcbdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80451,
    "c": 0.0687,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCBDB

secondary

#B26A58

accent

#4425C0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCBDB

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

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