#8BCBDE#8BCBDE

#8BCBDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.070 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCBDE
RGB	rgb(139, 203, 222)
HSL	hsl(194, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(194, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 8.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.15, -15.60, -15.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.15, 22.26, 225.50°)
OKLab	oklab(80.56% -0.055 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(80.56% 0.07 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.1837, 53.4720, 77.0333)
Luminance	0.5347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCBDE #DE9E8B

analogous

#8BDEC7 #8BCBDE #8BA1DE

triadic

#8BCBDE #DE8BCB #CBDE8B

tetradic

#8BCBDE #C78BDE #DE9E8B #A1DE8B

square

#8BCBDE #C78BDE #DE9E8B #A1DE8B

split-complementary

#8BCBDE #DE8BA1 #DEC78B

monochromatic

#359BBA #5BB6D0 #8BCBDE #BBE0EC #E7F4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#8BCBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#8BCBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCBDE

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCBDE	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC7DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BDDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BD2D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 203, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.070 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0dbe8',
    500: '#8bcbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcbde;
$custom-light: #b0dbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.735,
    "s": 55.705,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80557,
    "c": 0.07021,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCBDE

secondary

#B66D58

accent

#4722C3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCBDE

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

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