#8BCBEC#8BCBEC

#8BCBEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.080 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCBEC
RGB	rgb(139, 203, 236)
HSL	hsl(200, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(200, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 14%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, -12.02, -22.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 25.69, 242.09°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% -0.0499 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.08 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.1385, 54.2539, 87.3287)
Luminance	0.5426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCBEC #ECAC8B

analogous

#8BECDC #8BCBEC #8B9AEC

triadic

#8BCBEC #EC8BCB #CBEC8B

tetradic

#8BCBEC #DC8BEC #ECAC8B #9AEC8B

square

#8BCBEC #DC8BEC #ECAC8B #9AEC8B

split-complementary

#8BCBEC #EC8B9A #ECDC8B

monochromatic

#249BD9 #56B3E3 #8BCBEC #C0E3F5 #E5F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#8BCBEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#8BCBEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCBEC

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCBEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCBEC	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC9EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBEEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64D4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcbec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 203, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.080 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1daf2',
    500: '#8bcbec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcbec;
$custom-light: #b1daf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcbec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.412,
    "s": 71.852,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81071,
    "c": 0.08005,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCBEC

secondary

#C77B55

accent

#5412D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCBEC

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

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