#8BCDE0#8BCDE0

#8BCDE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.072 H 217.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCDE0
RGB	rgb(139, 205, 224)
HSL	hsl(193, 58%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(193, 38%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 8.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.77, -16.13, -16.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.77, 22.74, 224.81°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% -0.0567 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.072 217.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.9287, 54.5305, 78.6119)
Luminance	0.5453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCDE0 #E09E8B

analogous

#8BE0C8 #8BCDE0 #8BA2E0

triadic

#8BCDE0 #E08BCD #CDE08B

tetradic

#8BCDE0 #C88BE0 #E09E8B #A2E08B

square

#8BCDE0 #C88BE0 #E09E8B #A2E08B

split-complementary

#8BCDE0 #E08BA2 #E0C88B

monochromatic

#339FBE #5BB8D3 #8BCDE0 #BBE2ED #E7F5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#8BCDE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#8BCDE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCDE0

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCDE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCDE0	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C9E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BFE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AD4D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcde0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 205, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.072 217.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0dce9',
    500: '#8bcde0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcde0;
$custom-light: #b0dce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcde0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.412,
    "s": 57.823,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81069,
    "c": 0.07178,
    "h": 217.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCDE0

secondary

#B86D57

accent

#4520C5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCDE0

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

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