#8BCDEA#8BCDEA

#8BCDEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.078 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCDEA
RGB	rgb(139, 205, 234)
HSL	hsl(198, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(198, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 12.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.09, -13.58, -20.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.09, 24.92, 236.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% -0.053 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.078 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.3249, 55.0890, 85.9655)
Luminance	0.5509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCDEA #EAA88B

analogous

#8BEAD7 #8BCDEA #8B9DEA

triadic

#8BCDEA #EA8BCD #CDEA8B

tetradic

#8BCDEA #D78BEA #EAA88B #9DEA8B

square

#8BCDEA #D78BEA #EAA88B #9DEA8B

split-complementary

#8BCDEA #EA8B9D #EAD78B

monochromatic

#269FD4 #57B7E1 #8BCDEA #BFE3F3 #E5F4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#8BCDEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#8BCDEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCDEA

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCDEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCDEA	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECAEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BFEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65D6D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcdea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 205, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.078 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1dcf0',
    500: '#8bcdea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcdea;
$custom-light: #b1dcf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcdea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.316,
    "s": 69.343,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81432,
    "c": 0.07825,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCDEA

secondary

#C47755

accent

#4E14D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCDEA

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

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