#8BCDFF#8BCDFF

#8BCDFF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.097 H 242.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCDFF
RGB	rgb(139, 205, 255)
HSL	hsl(206, 100%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(206, 45%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 19.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.82, -8.00, -31.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.82, 32.01, 255.53°)
OKLab	oklab(82.25% -0.0457 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(82.25% 0.097 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.5225, 56.3681, 102.8062)
Luminance	0.5637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCDFF #FFBD8B

analogous

#8BFFF7 #8BCDFF #8B93FF

triadic

#8BCDFF #FF8BCD #CDFF8B

tetradic

#8BCDFF #F78BFF #FFBD8B #93FF8B

square

#8BCDFF #F78BFF #FFBD8B #93FF8B

split-complementary

#8BCDFF #FF8B93 #FFF78B

monochromatic

#1198FF #4EB3FF #8BCDFF #C8E7FF #E0F2FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#8BCDFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#8BCDFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCDFF

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCDFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCDFF	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8CDFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8C1FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58D9DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcdff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 205, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.097 242.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2dcff',
    500: '#8bcdff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcdff;
$custom-light: #b2dcff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcdff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.862,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82252,
    "c": 0.09745,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCDFF

secondary

#E08D4E

accent

#6300E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#111518

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCDFF

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

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