#8BCCE4#8BCCE4

#8BCCE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.074 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCCE4
RGB	rgb(139, 204, 228)
HSL	hsl(196, 62%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(196, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 10.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.62, -14.61, -18.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.62, 23.49, 231.55°)
OKLab	oklab(80.99% -0.054 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(80.99% 0.074 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.2391, 54.2732, 81.4230)
Luminance	0.5428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCCE4 #E4A38B

analogous

#8BE4D0 #8BCCE4 #8BA0E4

triadic

#8BCCE4 #E48BCC #CCE48B

tetradic

#8BCCE4 #D08BE4 #E4A38B #A0E48B

square

#8BCCE4 #D08BE4 #E4A38B #A0E48B

split-complementary

#8BCCE4 #E48BA0 #E4D08B

monochromatic

#2E9DC6 #59B6D8 #8BCCE4 #BDE2F0 #E6F4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#8BCCE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#8BCCE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCCE4

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCCE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCCE4	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)

#BEC9E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BEE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68D4D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcce4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 204, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.074 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0dbec',
    500: '#8bcce4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcce4;
$custom-light: #b0dbec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcce4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.18,
    "s": 62.238,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80992,
    "c": 0.07399,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCCE4

secondary

#BD7256

accent

#4B1CCA

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCCE4

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

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