#8BCBED#8BCBED

#8BCBED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.081 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCBED
RGB	rgb(139, 203, 237)
HSL	hsl(201, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(201, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 14.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.64, -11.76, -23.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.64, 26.00, 243.10°)
OKLab	oklab(81.11% -0.0495 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(81.11% 0.081 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.2842, 54.3122, 88.0960)
Luminance	0.5432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCBED #EDAD8B

analogous

#8BEDDE #8BCBED #8B9AED

triadic

#8BCBED #ED8BCB #CBED8B

tetradic

#8BCBED #DE8BED #EDAD8B #9AED8B

square

#8BCBED #DE8BED #EDAD8B #9AED8B

split-complementary

#8BCBED #ED8B9A #EDDE8B

monochromatic

#229BDC #56B3E5 #8BCBED #C0E3F5 #E5F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#8BCBED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#8BCBED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCBED

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCBED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCBED	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC9EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBEED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64D4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcbed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 203, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.081 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1daf3',
    500: '#8bcbed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcbed;
$custom-light: #b1daf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcbed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.816,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81109,
    "c": 0.0809,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCBED

secondary

#C87C54

accent

#5510D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCBED

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

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