#8BCBEA#8BCBEA

#8BCBEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.078 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCBEA
RGB	rgb(139, 203, 234)
HSL	hsl(200, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(200, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 13.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.54, -12.54, -21.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.54, 25.09, 240.00°)
OKLab	oklab(80.99% -0.0506 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(80.99% 0.078 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.8496, 54.1383, 85.8070)
Luminance	0.5414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCBEA #EAAA8B

analogous

#8BEAD9 #8BCBEA #8B9BEA

triadic

#8BCBEA #EA8BCB #CBEA8B

tetradic

#8BCBEA #D98BEA #EAAA8B #9BEA8B

square

#8BCBEA #D98BEA #EAAA8B #9BEA8B

split-complementary

#8BCBEA #EA8B9B #EAD98B

monochromatic

#269BD4 #57B4E1 #8BCBEA #BFE2F3 #E5F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#8BCBEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#8BCBEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCBEA

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCBEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCBEA	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC8EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBEEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65D4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcbea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 203, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.078 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0daf0',
    500: '#8bcbea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcbea;
$custom-light: #b0daf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcbea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.579,
    "s": 69.343,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80995,
    "c": 0.07841,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCBEA

secondary

#C47955

accent

#5214D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCBEA

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

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