#8BCDEC#8BCDEC

#8BCDEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.080 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCDEC
RGB	rgb(139, 205, 236)
HSL	hsl(199, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(199, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.16, -13.07, -21.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.16, 25.47, 239.14°)
OKLab	oklab(81.51% -0.0522 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(81.51% 0.08 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.6139, 55.2046, 87.4872)
Luminance	0.5521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCDEC #ECAA8B

analogous

#8BECDA #8BCDEC #8B9CEC

triadic

#8BCDEC #EC8BCD #CDEC8B

tetradic

#8BCDEC #DA8BEC #ECAA8B #9CEC8B

square

#8BCDEC #DA8BEC #ECAA8B #9CEC8B

split-complementary

#8BCDEC #EC8B9C #ECDA8B

monochromatic

#249FD9 #56B6E3 #8BCDEC #C0E4F5 #E5F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#8BCDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#8BCDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCDEC

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCDEC	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBFEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64D6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 205, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.080 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1dcf2',
    500: '#8bcdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcdec;
$custom-light: #b1dcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.175,
    "s": 71.852,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81507,
    "c": 0.07978,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCDEC

secondary

#C77955

accent

#5012D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCDEC

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

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