#8BCEED#8BCEED

#8BCEED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.080 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCEED
RGB	rgb(139, 206, 237)
HSL	hsl(199, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(199, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.47, -13.33, -21.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.47, 25.66, 238.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.76% -0.0531 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(81.76% 0.08 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.9995, 55.7428, 88.3345)
Luminance	0.5575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCEED #EDAA8B

analogous

#8BEDDB #8BCEED #8B9DED

triadic

#8BCEED #ED8BCE #CEED8B

tetradic

#8BCEED #DB8BED #EDAA8B #9DED8B

square

#8BCEED #DB8BED #EDAA8B #9DED8B

split-complementary

#8BCEED #ED8B9D #EDDB8B

monochromatic

#22A1DC #56B8E5 #8BCEED #C0E4F5 #E5F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#8BCEED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#8BCEED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCEED

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCEED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCEED	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECBEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63D7D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bceed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 206, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.080 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ddf2',
    500: '#8bceed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bceed;
$custom-light: #b1ddf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bceed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.98,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81762,
    "c": 0.08048,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCEED

secondary

#C87954

accent

#4F10D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCEED

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

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