#8BCFE9#8BCFE9

#8BCFE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.078 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCFE9
RGB	rgb(139, 207, 233)
HSL	hsl(197, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(197, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 11.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.61, -14.88, -19.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.61, 24.59, 232.77°)
OKLab	oklab(81.83% -0.0557 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(81.83% 0.078 224)
XYZ	xyz(47.6631, 55.9947, 85.3715)
Luminance	0.5600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCFE9 #E9A58B

analogous

#8BE9D4 #8BCFE9 #8BA0E9

triadic

#8BCFE9 #E98BCF #CFE98B

tetradic

#8BCFE9 #D48BE9 #E9A58B #A0E98B

square

#8BCFE9 #D48BE9 #E9A58B #A0E98B

split-complementary

#8BCFE9 #E98BA0 #E9D48B

monochromatic

#28A3D2 #58BADF #8BCFE9 #BEE4F3 #E5F4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#8BCFE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#8BCFE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCFE9

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCFE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCFE9	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CCEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C1E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65D7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcfe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 207, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.078 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ddf0',
    500: '#8bcfe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcfe9;
$custom-light: #b1ddf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcfe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.596,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81833,
    "c": 0.07754,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.55998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCFE9

secondary

#C37455

accent

#4915D0

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCFE9

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

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