#8BCDDF#8BCDDF

#8BCDDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.071 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCDDF
RGB	rgb(139, 205, 223)
HSL	hsl(193, 57%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(193, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 8.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.74, -16.38, -15.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.74, 22.58, 223.48°)
OKLab	oklab(81.03% -0.0571 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(81.03% 0.071 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.7935, 54.4764, 77.8997)
Luminance	0.5448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCDDF #DF9D8B

analogous

#8BDFC7 #8BCDDF #8BA3DF

triadic

#8BCDDF #DF8BCD #CDDF8B

tetradic

#8BCDDF #C78BDF #DF9D8B #A3DF8B

square

#8BCDDF #C78BDF #DF9D8B #A3DF8B

split-complementary

#8BCDDF #DF8BA3 #DFC78B

monochromatic

#349FBC #5BB8D2 #8BCDDF #BBE2EC #E7F5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#8BCDDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#8BCDDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCDDF

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCDDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCDDF	1.00	1.77	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BEDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AD4D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcddf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 205, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.071 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0dce9',
    500: '#8bcddf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcddf;
$custom-light: #b0dce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcddf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.857,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81033,
    "c": 0.07127,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCDDF

secondary

#B76C57

accent

#4421C4

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCDDF

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

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