#8BCDE2#8BCDE2

#8BCDE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.073 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCDE2
RGB	rgb(139, 205, 226)
HSL	hsl(194, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(194, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 9.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.83, -15.63, -17.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.83, 23.09, 227.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% -0.056 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.073 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.2015, 54.6397, 80.0487)
Luminance	0.5464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCDE2 #E2A08B

analogous

#8BE2CC #8BCDE2 #8BA2E2

triadic

#8BCDE2 #E28BCD #CDE28B

tetradic

#8BCDE2 #CC8BE2 #E2A08B #A2E28B

square

#8BCDE2 #CC8BE2 #E2A08B #A2E28B

split-complementary

#8BCDE2 #E28BA2 #E2CC8B

monochromatic

#319FC2 #5AB8D6 #8BCDE2 #BCE2EE #E7F4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#8BCDE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#8BCDE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCDE2

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCDE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCDE2	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C9E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BFE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69D4D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcde2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 205, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.073 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0dceb',
    500: '#8bcde2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcde2;
$custom-light: #b0dceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcde2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.483,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8114,
    "c": 0.07289,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCDE2

secondary

#BA6F57

accent

#471EC8

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFD

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCDE2

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

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