#8BCDED#8BCDED

#8BCDED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.081 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCDED
RGB	rgb(139, 205, 237)
HSL	hsl(200, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(200, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 13.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.19, -12.81, -22.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.19, 25.76, 240.19°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% -0.0519 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.081 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.7595, 55.2629, 88.2545)
Luminance	0.5527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCDED #EDAB8B

analogous

#8BEDDC #8BCDED #8B9CED

triadic

#8BCDED #ED8BCD #CDED8B

tetradic

#8BCDED #DC8BED #EDAB8B #9CED8B

square

#8BCDED #DC8BED #EDAB8B #9CED8B

split-complementary

#8BCDED #ED8B9C #EDDC8B

monochromatic

#229FDC #56B6E5 #8BCDED #C0E4F5 #E5F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#8BCDED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#8BCDED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCDED

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCDED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCDED	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBFED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63D6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 205, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.081 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1dcf3',
    500: '#8bcded',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcded;
$custom-light: #b1dcf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.592,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81544,
    "c": 0.08058,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCDED

secondary

#C87A54

accent

#5110D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCDED

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

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