#8BCEE5#8BCEE5

#8BCEE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.075 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCEE5
RGB	rgb(139, 206, 229)
HSL	hsl(195, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(195, 39%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 10%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.21, -15.38, -18.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.21, 23.71, 229.56°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% -0.056 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.075 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.8567, 55.2857, 82.3157)
Luminance	0.5529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCEE5 #E5A28B

analogous

#8BE5CF #8BCEE5 #8BA1E5

triadic

#8BCEE5 #E58BCE #CEE58B

tetradic

#8BCEE5 #CF8BE5 #E5A28B #A1E58B

square

#8BCEE5 #CF8BE5 #E5A28B #A1E58B

split-complementary

#8BCEE5 #E58BA1 #E5CF8B

monochromatic

#2DA1C9 #59B9DA #8BCEE5 #BDE3F0 #E6F4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#8BCEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#8BCEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCEE5

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCEE5	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CAE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C0E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67D6D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 206, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.075 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0dded',
    500: '#8bcee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcee5;
$custom-light: #b0dded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.333,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81468,
    "c": 0.07485,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCEE5

secondary

#BE7156

accent

#481ACB

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFD

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCEE5

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

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