#8BD4E5#8BD4E5

#8BD4E5 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.076 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BD4E5
RGB	rgb(139, 212, 229)
HSL	hsl(191, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(191, 39%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 7.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.87, -18.45, -15.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.87, 24.13, 220.12°)
OKLab	oklab(82.79% -0.0632 -0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(82.79% 0.076 214)
XYZ	xyz(48.3288, 58.2299, 82.8064)
Luminance	0.5823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8BD4E5 #E59C8B

analogous

#8BE5C9 #8BD4E5 #8BA7E5

triadic

#8BD4E5 #E58BD4 #D4E58B

tetradic

#8BD4E5 #C98BE5 #E59C8B #A7E58B

square

#8BD4E5 #C98BE5 #E59C8B #A7E58B

split-complementary

#8BD4E5 #E58BA7 #E5C98B

monochromatic

#2DABC9 #59C1DA #8BD4E5 #BDE7F0 #E6F6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#8BD4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#8BD4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BD4E5

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BD4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BD4E5	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CFE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C4E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66DBD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bd4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 212, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.076 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e1ed',
    500: '#8bd4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bd4e5;
$custom-light: #b1e1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bd4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.333,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8279,
    "c": 0.07631,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.58233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BD4E5

secondary

#BE6A56

accent

#3C1ACB

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFD

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BD4E5

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