#8BCDDE#8BCDDE

#8BCDDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.071 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCDDE
RGB	rgb(139, 205, 222)
HSL	hsl(192, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(192, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 7.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.71, -16.63, -15.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.71, 22.43, 222.13°)
OKLab	oklab(81% -0.0575 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(81% 0.071 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.6590, 54.4227, 77.1918)
Luminance	0.5443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCDDE #DE9C8B

analogous

#8BDEC5 #8BCDDE #8BA3DE

triadic

#8BCDDE #DE8BCD #CDDE8B

tetradic

#8BCDDE #C58BDE #DE9C8B #A3DE8B

square

#8BCDDE #C58BDE #DE9C8B #A3DE8B

split-complementary

#8BCDDE #DE8BA3 #DEC58B

monochromatic

#359FBA #5BB8D0 #8BCDDE #BBE2EC #E7F5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#8BCDDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#8BCDDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCDDE

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCDDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCDDE	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BEDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BD4D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcdde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 205, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.071 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0dce8',
    500: '#8bcdde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcdde;
$custom-light: #b0dce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcdde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.289,
    "s": 55.705,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80998,
    "c": 0.07078,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCDDE

secondary

#B66B58

accent

#4322C3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCDDE

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

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