#8BCBEB#8BCBEB

#8BCBEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.079 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCBEB
RGB	rgb(139, 203, 235)
HSL	hsl(200, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(200, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 13.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.58, -12.28, -22.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.58, 25.39, 241.06°)
OKLab	oklab(81.03% -0.0502 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(81.03% 0.079 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.9936, 54.1959, 86.5657)
Luminance	0.5420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCBEB #EBAB8B

analogous

#8BEBDB #8BCBEB #8B9BEB

triadic

#8BCBEB #EB8BCB #CBEB8B

tetradic

#8BCBEB #DB8BEB #EBAB8B #9BEB8B

square

#8BCBEB #DB8BEB #EBAB8B #9BEB8B

split-complementary

#8BCBEB #EB8B9B #EBDB8B

monochromatic

#259BD7 #57B4E2 #8BCBEB #BFE2F4 #E5F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#8BCBEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#8BCBEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCBEB

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCBEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCBEB	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC9ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBEEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65D4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcbeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 203, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.079 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1daf1',
    500: '#8bcbeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcbeb;
$custom-light: #b1daf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcbeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81033,
    "c": 0.07922,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCBEB

secondary

#C57A55

accent

#5313D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCBEB

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

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