#8BCDDD#8BCDDD

#8BCDDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.070 H 214.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCDDD
RGB	rgb(139, 205, 221)
HSL	hsl(192, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(192, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 7.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.68, -16.88, -14.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.68, 22.29, 220.77°)
OKLab	oklab(80.96% -0.0579 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(80.96% 0.07 214.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.5254, 54.3692, 76.4880)
Luminance	0.5437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCDDD #DD9B8B

analogous

#8BDDC4 #8BCDDD #8BA4DD

triadic

#8BCDDD #DD8BCD #CDDD8B

tetradic

#8BCDDD #C48BDD #DD9B8B #A4DD8B

square

#8BCDDD #C48BDD #DD9B8B #A4DD8B

split-complementary

#8BCDDD #DD8BA4 #DDC48B

monochromatic

#369EB8 #5CB9CF #8BCDDD #BAE1EB #E7F5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#8BCDDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#8BCDDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCDDD

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCDDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCDDD	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BEDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BD3D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 205, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.070 214.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0dce7',
    500: '#8bcddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcddd;
$custom-light: #b0dce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.707,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80963,
    "c": 0.0703,
    "h": 214.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCDDD

secondary

#B46A58

accent

#4223C2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCDDD

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

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