#8BD4EF#8BD4EF

#8BD4EF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.082 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BD4EF
RGB	rgb(139, 212, 239)
HSL	hsl(196, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(196, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 11.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.18, -15.90, -20.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.18, 25.86, 232.06°)
OKLab	oklab(83.15% -0.0595 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(83.15% 0.082 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.7654, 58.8045, 90.3727)
Luminance	0.5881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BD4EF #EFA68B

analogous

#8BEFD8 #8BD4EF #8BA2EF

triadic

#8BD4EF #EF8BD4 #D4EF8B

tetradic

#8BD4EF #D88BEF #EFA68B #A2EF8B

square

#8BD4EF #D88BEF #EFA68B #A2EF8B

split-complementary

#8BD4EF #EF8BA2 #EFD88B

monochromatic

#1FACE0 #55C0E8 #8BD4EF #C1E8F6 #E4F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#8BD4EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#8BD4EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BD4EF

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BD4EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BD4EF	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5D0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C5EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61DDDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bd4ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 212, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.082 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e1f4',
    500: '#8bd4ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bd4ef;
$custom-light: #b1e1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bd4ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.2,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83148,
    "c": 0.08183,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BD4EF

secondary

#CA7454

accent

#440ED8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BD4EF

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

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