#8BCEEA#8BCEEA

#8BCEEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.078 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCEEA
RGB	rgb(139, 206, 234)
HSL	hsl(198, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(198, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 12%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.37, -14.10, -20.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.37, 24.87, 235.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.65% -0.0542 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(81.65% 0.078 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.5649, 55.5690, 86.0454)
Luminance	0.5557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCEEA #EAA78B

analogous

#8BEAD6 #8BCEEA #8B9EEA

triadic

#8BCEEA #EA8BCE #CEEA8B

tetradic

#8BCEEA #D68BEA #EAA78B #9EEA8B

square

#8BCEEA #D68BEA #EAA78B #9EEA8B

split-complementary

#8BCEEA #EA8B9E #EAD68B

monochromatic

#26A1D4 #57B8E1 #8BCEEA #BFE4F3 #E5F4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#8BCEEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#8BCEEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCEEA

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCEEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCEEA	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCBEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C0EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65D6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bceea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 206, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.078 226.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bceea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.684,
    "s": 69.343,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81651,
    "c": 0.07821,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCEEA

secondary

#C47655

accent

#4C14D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCEEA

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

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