#8BCEDC#8BCEDC

#8BCEDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.070 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCEDC
RGB	rgb(139, 206, 220)
HSL	hsl(190, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(190, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 6.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.92, -17.64, -13.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.92, 22.30, 217.73°)
OKLab	oklab(81.15% -0.0595 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(81.15% 0.07 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.6325, 54.7960, 75.8684)
Luminance	0.5480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCEDC #DC998B

analogous

#8BDCC1 #8BCEDC #8BA6DC

triadic

#8BCEDC #DC8BCE #CEDC8B

tetradic

#8BCEDC #C18BDC #DC998B #A6DC8B

square

#8BCEDC #C18BDC #DC998B #A6DC8B

split-complementary

#8BCEDC #DC8BA6 #DCC18B

monochromatic

#37A0B6 #5CBACE #8BCEDC #BAE2EA #E7F5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#8BCEDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#8BCEDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCEDC

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCEDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCEDC	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C9DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BFDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CD4D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcedc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 206, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.070 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0dde6',
    500: '#8bcedc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcedc;
$custom-light: #b0dde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcedc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.37,
    "s": 53.642,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8115,
    "c": 0.07027,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCEDC

secondary

#B36858

accent

#3F24C1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCEDC

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

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