#8BCEDD#8BCEDD

#8BCEDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.071 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCEDD
RGB	rgb(139, 206, 221)
HSL	hsl(191, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(191, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 6.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.95, -17.39, -14.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.95, 22.41, 219.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.18% -0.0591 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(81.18% 0.071 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.7654, 54.8492, 76.5680)
Luminance	0.5485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCEDD #DD9A8B

analogous

#8BDDC3 #8BCEDD #8BA5DD

triadic

#8BCEDD #DD8BCE #CEDD8B

tetradic

#8BCEDD #C38BDD #DD9A8B #A5DD8B

square

#8BCEDD #C38BDD #DD9A8B #A5DD8B

split-complementary

#8BCEDD #DD8BA5 #DDC38B

monochromatic

#36A0B8 #5CBACF #8BCEDD #BAE2EB #E7F5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#8BCEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#8BCEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCEDD

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCEDD	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BFDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BD4D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 206, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.071 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0dde7',
    500: '#8bcedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcedd;
$custom-light: #b0dde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.976,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81184,
    "c": 0.07067,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCEDD

secondary

#B46958

accent

#4023C2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCEDD

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

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