#8BCCEE#8BCCEE

#8BCCEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.082 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCCEE
RGB	rgb(139, 204, 238)
HSL	hsl(201, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(201, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 14.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.95, -12.02, -23.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.95, 26.18, 242.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% -0.0503 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.082 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.6676, 54.8446, 88.9466)
Luminance	0.5485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCCEE #EEAD8B

analogous

#8BEEDF #8BCCEE #8B9BEE

triadic

#8BCCEE #EE8BCC #CCEE8B

tetradic

#8BCCEE #DF8BEE #EEAD8B #9BEE8B

square

#8BCCEE #DF8BEE #EEAD8B #9BEE8B

split-complementary

#8BCCEE #EE8B9B #EEDF8B

monochromatic

#219DDE #56B5E6 #8BCCEE #C0E3F6 #E4F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#8BCCEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#8BCCEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCCEE

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCCEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCCEE	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBCAF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBFEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63D5D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bccee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 204, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.082 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1dbf3',
    500: '#8bccee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bccee;
$custom-light: #b1dbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bccee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.606,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81365,
    "c": 0.08157,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCCEE

secondary

#C97C54

accent

#530FD7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCCEE

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

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