#8BCBDC#8BCBDC

#8BCBDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.069 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCBDC
RGB	rgb(139, 203, 220)
HSL	hsl(193, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(193, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 7.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.09, -16.10, -14.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.09, 21.94, 222.78°)
OKLab	oklab(80.49% -0.0558 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(80.49% 0.069 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.9172, 53.3654, 75.6300)
Luminance	0.5337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCBDC #DC9C8B

analogous

#8BDCC5 #8BCBDC #8BA2DC

triadic

#8BCBDC #DC8BCB #CBDC8B

tetradic

#8BCBDC #C58BDC #DC9C8B #A2DC8B

square

#8BCBDC #C58BDC #DC9C8B #A2DC8B

split-complementary

#8BCBDC #DC8BA2 #DCC58B

monochromatic

#379BB6 #5CB6CE #8BCBDC #BAE0EA #E7F4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#8BCBDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#8BCBDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCBDC

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCBDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCBDC	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC7DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BDDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CD2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcbdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 203, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.069 216.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcbdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.593,
    "s": 53.642,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80486,
    "c": 0.06917,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCBDC

secondary

#B36B58

accent

#4524C1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCBDC

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

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