#8BCCE3#8BCCE3

#8BCCE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.073 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCCE3
RGB	rgb(139, 204, 227)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(196, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 10.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.59, -14.86, -17.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.59, 23.27, 230.31°)
OKLab	oklab(80.96% -0.0544 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(80.96% 0.073 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.1007, 54.2178, 80.6940)
Luminance	0.5422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCCE3 #E3A28B

analogous

#8BE3CE #8BCCE3 #8BA0E3

triadic

#8BCCE3 #E38BCC #CCE38B

tetradic

#8BCCE3 #CE8BE3 #E3A28B #A0E38B

square

#8BCCE3 #CE8BE3 #E3A28B #A0E38B

split-complementary

#8BCCE3 #E38BA0 #E3CE8B

monochromatic

#2F9DC4 #5AB6D7 #8BCCE3 #BCE2EF #E6F4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#8BCCE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#8BCCE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCCE3

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCCE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCCE3	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)

#BEC8E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BEE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69D4D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 204, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.073 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0dbeb',
    500: '#8bcce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcce3;
$custom-light: #b0dbeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.682,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80956,
    "c": 0.07334,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCCE3

secondary

#BC7157

accent

#4A1DC9

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCCE3

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

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