#8BCBE7#8BCBE7

#8BCBE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.076 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCBE7
RGB	rgb(139, 203, 231)
HSL	hsl(198, 66%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(198, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 12.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.44, -13.32, -20.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.44, 24.26, 236.70°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% -0.0517 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.076 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.4222, 53.9674, 83.5564)
Luminance	0.5397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCBE7 #E7A78B

analogous

#8BE7D5 #8BCBE7 #8B9DE7

triadic

#8BCBE7 #E78BCB #CBE78B

tetradic

#8BCBE7 #D58BE7 #E7A78B #9DE78B

square

#8BCBE7 #D58BE7 #E7A78B #9DE78B

split-complementary

#8BCBE7 #E78B9D #E7D58B

monochromatic

#2A9CCD #58B4DD #8BCBE7 #BEE2F1 #E6F4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#8BCBE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#8BCBE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCBE7

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCBE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCBE7	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC8E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBDE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67D3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcbe7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 203, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.076 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0daee',
    500: '#8bcbe7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcbe7;
$custom-light: #b0daee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcbe7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.261,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80883,
    "c": 0.07608,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCBE7

secondary

#C07656

accent

#4F18CE

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCBE7

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

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