#8BCBE4#8BCBE4

#8BCBE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.074 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCBE4
RGB	rgb(139, 203, 228)
HSL	hsl(197, 62%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(197, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 11%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, -14.09, -18.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 23.50, 233.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% -0.0528 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.074 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.0022, 53.7994, 81.3440)
Luminance	0.5380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCBE4 #E4A48B

analogous

#8BE4D1 #8BCBE4 #8B9FE4

triadic

#8BCBE4 #E48BCB #CBE48B

tetradic

#8BCBE4 #D18BE4 #E4A48B #9FE48B

square

#8BCBE4 #D18BE4 #E4A48B #9FE48B

split-complementary

#8BCBE4 #E48B9F #E4D18B

monochromatic

#2E9CC6 #59B5D8 #8BCBE4 #BDE1F0 #E6F4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#8BCBE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#8BCBE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCBE4

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCBE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCBE4	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC8E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BDE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68D3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcbe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 203, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.074 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0daec',
    500: '#8bcbe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcbe4;
$custom-light: #b0daec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcbe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.854,
    "s": 62.238,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80773,
    "c": 0.07391,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCBE4

secondary

#BD7356

accent

#4D1CCA

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCBE4

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

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