#8BCEE9#8BCEE9

#8BCEE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.077 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCEE9
RGB	rgb(139, 206, 233)
HSL	hsl(197, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(197, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 11.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.34, -14.36, -19.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.34, 24.62, 234.31°)
OKLab	oklab(81.61% -0.0545 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(81.61% 0.078 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.4216, 55.5117, 85.2910)
Luminance	0.5552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCEE9 #E9A68B

analogous

#8BE9D5 #8BCEE9 #8B9FE9

triadic

#8BCEE9 #E98BCE #CEE98B

tetradic

#8BCEE9 #D58BE9 #E9A68B #9FE98B

square

#8BCEE9 #D58BE9 #E9A68B #9FE98B

split-complementary

#8BCEE9 #E98B9F #E9D58B

monochromatic

#28A1D2 #58B8DF #8BCEE9 #BEE4F3 #E5F4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#8BCEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#8BCEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCEE9

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCEE9	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCBEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C0E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65D6D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 206, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.077 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ddf0',
    500: '#8bcee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcee9;
$custom-light: #b1ddf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.234,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81614,
    "c": 0.0775,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCEE9

secondary

#C37555

accent

#4B15D0

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCEE9

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

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