#8BCDDC#8BCDDC

#8BCDDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.070 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCDDC
RGB	rgb(139, 205, 220)
HSL	hsl(191, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(191, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 6.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.65, -17.13, -14.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.65, 22.16, 219.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.93% -0.0583 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(80.93% 0.07 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.3926, 54.3161, 75.7884)
Luminance	0.5432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCDDC #DC9A8B

analogous

#8BDCC2 #8BCDDC #8BA4DC

triadic

#8BCDDC #DC8BCD #CDDC8B

tetradic

#8BCDDC #C28BDC #DC9A8B #A4DC8B

square

#8BCDDC #C28BDC #DC9A8B #A4DC8B

split-complementary

#8BCDDC #DC8BA4 #DCC28B

monochromatic

#379EB6 #5CB9CE #8BCDDC #BAE1EA #E7F5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#8BCDDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#8BCDDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCDDC

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#C1C8DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BEDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CD3D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcddc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 205, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.070 213.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcddc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.111,
    "s": 53.642,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80928,
    "c": 0.06987,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCDDC

secondary

#B36958

accent

#4124C1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCDDC

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

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