#8BCEEB#8BCEEB

#8BCEEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.079 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCEEB
RGB	rgb(139, 206, 235)
HSL	hsl(198, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(198, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 12.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.40, -13.84, -20.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.40, 25.12, 236.56°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% -0.0538 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.079 227)
XYZ	xyz(47.7090, 55.6266, 86.8042)
Luminance	0.5563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCEEB #EBA88B

analogous

#8BEBD8 #8BCEEB #8B9EEB

triadic

#8BCEEB #EB8BCE #CEEB8B

tetradic

#8BCEEB #D88BEB #EBA88B #9EEB8B

square

#8BCEEB #D88BEB #EBA88B #9EEB8B

split-complementary

#8BCEEB #EB8B9E #EBD88B

monochromatic

#25A1D7 #57B8E2 #8BCEEB #BFE4F4 #E5F4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#8BCEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#8BCEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCEEB

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCEEB	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCBED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64D7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bceeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 206, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.079 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ddf1',
    500: '#8bceeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bceeb;
$custom-light: #b1ddf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bceeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.125,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81688,
    "c": 0.07896,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.5563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCEEB

secondary

#C57755

accent

#4D13D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCEEB

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

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