#8BCDDB#8BCDDB

#8BCDDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.069 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCDDB
RGB	rgb(139, 205, 219)
HSL	hsl(191, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(191, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 6.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, -17.37, -13.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 22.05, 218.00°)
OKLab	oklab(80.89% -0.0586 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(80.89% 0.069 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.2605, 54.2633, 75.0930)
Luminance	0.5427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCDDB #DB998B

analogous

#8BDBC1 #8BCDDB #8BA5DB

triadic

#8BCDDB #DB8BCD #CDDB8B

tetradic

#8BCDDB #C18BDB #DB998B #A5DB8B

square

#8BCDDB #C18BDB #DB998B #A5DB8B

split-complementary

#8BCDDB #DB8BA5 #DBC18B

monochromatic

#389EB4 #5CB9CD #8BCDDB #BAE1E9 #E8F5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#8BCDDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#8BCDDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCDDB

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCDDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCDDB	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C8DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BEDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CD3D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcddb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 205, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.069 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0dce6',
    500: '#8bcddb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcddb;
$custom-light: #b0dce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcddb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80894,
    "c": 0.06946,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCDDB

secondary

#B26858

accent

#4125C0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCDDB

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

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