#8BCBEE#8BCBEE

#8BCBEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.082 H 233.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCBEE
RGB	rgb(139, 203, 238)
HSL	hsl(201, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(201, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 14.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.68, -11.50, -23.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.68, 26.32, 244.09°)
OKLab	oklab(81.15% -0.0491 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(81.15% 0.082 233.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.4307, 54.3708, 88.8676)
Luminance	0.5437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCBEE #EEAE8B

analogous

#8BEEE0 #8BCBEE #8B9AEE

triadic

#8BCBEE #EE8BCB #CBEE8B

tetradic

#8BCBEE #E08BEE #EEAE8B #9AEE8B

square

#8BCBEE #E08BEE #EEAE8B #9AEE8B

split-complementary

#8BCBEE #EE8B9A #EEE08B

monochromatic

#219BDE #56B3E6 #8BCBEE #C0E3F6 #E4F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#8BCBEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#8BCBEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCBEE

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCBEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCBEE	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBEEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63D4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcbee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 203, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.082 233.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcbee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.212,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81147,
    "c": 0.08177,
    "h": 233.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCBEE

secondary

#C97D54

accent

#560FD7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCBEE

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

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