#8BCEDE#8BCEDE

#8BCEDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.071 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCEDE
RGB	rgb(139, 206, 222)
HSL	hsl(192, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(192, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 7.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.99, -17.14, -14.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.99, 22.54, 220.47°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% -0.0587 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.071 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.8990, 54.9026, 77.2718)
Luminance	0.5491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCEDE #DE9B8B

analogous

#8BDEC4 #8BCEDE #8BA4DE

triadic

#8BCEDE #DE8BCE #CEDE8B

tetradic

#8BCEDE #C48BDE #DE9B8B #A4DE8B

square

#8BCEDE #C48BDE #DE9B8B #A4DE8B

split-complementary

#8BCEDE #DE8BA4 #DEC48B

monochromatic

#35A0BA #5BBAD0 #8BCEDE #BBE2EC #E7F5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#8BCEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#8BCEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCEDE

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCEDE	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BFDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BD5D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 206, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.071 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0dde8',
    500: '#8bcede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcede;
$custom-light: #b0dde8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.566,
    "s": 55.705,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81219,
    "c": 0.07111,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCEDE

secondary

#B66A58

accent

#4122C3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCEDE

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

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