#8BCCEA#8BCCEA

#8BCCEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.078 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCCEA
RGB	rgb(139, 204, 234)
HSL	hsl(199, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(199, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 12.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.82, -13.07, -21.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.82, 25.00, 238.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.21% -0.0518 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(81.21% 0.078 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.0865, 54.6122, 85.8860)
Luminance	0.5462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCCEA #EAA98B

analogous

#8BEAD8 #8BCCEA #8B9CEA

triadic

#8BCCEA #EA8BCC #CCEA8B

tetradic

#8BCCEA #D88BEA #EAA98B #9CEA8B

square

#8BCCEA #D88BEA #EAA98B #9CEA8B

split-complementary

#8BCCEA #EA8B9C #EAD88B

monochromatic

#269DD4 #57B5E1 #8BCCEA #BFE3F3 #E5F4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#8BCCEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#8BCCEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCCEA

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCCEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCCEA	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC9EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBEEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65D5D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bccea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 204, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.078 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1dbf0',
    500: '#8bccea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bccea;
$custom-light: #b1dbf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bccea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.947,
    "s": 69.343,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81213,
    "c": 0.0783,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCCEA

secondary

#C47855

accent

#5014D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCCEA

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

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