#8BCBE6#8BCBE6

#8BCBE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.075 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCBE6
RGB	rgb(139, 203, 230)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(198, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 11.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.41, -13.58, -19.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.41, 24.00, 235.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.85% -0.052 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(80.85% 0.075 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.2814, 53.9111, 82.8147)
Luminance	0.5391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCBE6 #E6A68B

analogous

#8BE6D3 #8BCBE6 #8B9EE6

triadic

#8BCBE6 #E68BCB #CBE68B

tetradic

#8BCBE6 #D38BE6 #E6A68B #9EE68B

square

#8BCBE6 #D38BE6 #E6A68B #9EE68B

split-complementary

#8BCBE6 #E68B9E #E6D38B

monochromatic

#2C9CCB #59B4DB #8BCBE6 #BDE2F1 #E6F4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#8BCBE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#8BCBE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCBE6

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCBE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCBE6	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC8E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBDE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67D3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcbe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 203, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.075 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0daee',
    500: '#8bcbe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcbe6;
$custom-light: #b0daee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcbe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.802,
    "s": 64.539,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80846,
    "c": 0.07533,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCBE6

secondary

#BF7556

accent

#4E19CC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCBE6

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

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