#8BCBE2#8BCBE2

#8BCBE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.073 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCBE2
RGB	rgb(139, 203, 226)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(196, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 10.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.28, -14.60, -17.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.28, 23.05, 230.70°)
OKLab	oklab(80.7% -0.0535 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(80.7% 0.073 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.7261, 53.6890, 79.8903)
Luminance	0.5369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCBE2 #E2A28B

analogous

#8BE2CE #8BCBE2 #8BA0E2

triadic

#8BCBE2 #E28BCB #CBE28B

tetradic

#8BCBE2 #CE8BE2 #E2A28B #A0E28B

square

#8BCBE2 #CE8BE2 #E2A28B #A0E28B

split-complementary

#8BCBE2 #E28BA0 #E2CE8B

monochromatic

#319CC2 #5AB5D6 #8BCBE2 #BCE1EE #E7F4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#8BCBE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#8BCBE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCBE2

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCBE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCBE2	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC8E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BDE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69D2D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcbe2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 203, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.073 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0daeb',
    500: '#8bcbe2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcbe2;
$custom-light: #b0daeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcbe2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.862,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.807,
    "c": 0.07258,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCBE2

secondary

#BA7157

accent

#4B1EC8

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCBE2

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

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