#8BCDF6#8BCDF6

#8BCDF6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.088 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCDF6
RGB	rgb(139, 205, 246)
HSL	hsl(203, 86%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(203, 43%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 16.7%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, -10.43, -26.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 28.66, 248.65°)
OKLab	oklab(81.89% -0.0487 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(81.89% 0.088 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.1076, 55.8021, 95.3541)
Luminance	0.5581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCDF6 #F6B48B

analogous

#8BF6EA #8BCDF6 #8B97F6

triadic

#8BCDF6 #F68BCD #CDF68B

tetradic

#8BCDF6 #EA8BF6 #F6B48B #97F68B

square

#8BCDF6 #EA8BF6 #F6B48B #97F68B

split-complementary

#8BCDF6 #F68B97 #F6EA8B

monochromatic

#199CED #52B5F2 #8BCDF6 #C4E5FA #E3F3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#8BCDF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#8BCDF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCDF6

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCDF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCDF6	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BACCF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACC0F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5ED8DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcdf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 205, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.088 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1dcf9',
    500: '#8bcdf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcdf6;
$custom-light: #b1dcf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcdf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.991,
    "s": 85.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81891,
    "c": 0.08849,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCDF6

secondary

#D48352

accent

#5903E2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCDF6

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

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