#8BD5EA#8BD5EA

#8BD5EA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.079 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BD5EA
RGB	rgb(139, 213, 234)
HSL	hsl(193, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(193, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.30, -17.69, -17.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.30, 24.93, 224.78°)
OKLab	oklab(83.19% -0.0625 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(83.19% 0.079 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.2877, 59.0146, 86.6197)
Luminance	0.5902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BD5EA #EAA08B

analogous

#8BEACF #8BD5EA #8BA5EA

triadic

#8BD5EA #EA8BD5 #D5EA8B

tetradic

#8BD5EA #CF8BEA #EAA08B #A5EA8B

square

#8BD5EA #CF8BEA #EAA08B #A5EA8B

split-complementary

#8BD5EA #EA8BA5 #EACF8B

monochromatic

#26AED4 #57C2E1 #8BD5EA #BFE8F3 #E5F6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#8BD5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#8BD5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BD5EA

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BD5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BD5EA	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D1EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C5EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63DDDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bd5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 213, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.079 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e2f0',
    500: '#8bd5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bd5ea;
$custom-light: #b1e2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bd5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.263,
    "s": 69.343,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83187,
    "c": 0.07901,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BD5EA

secondary

#C46E55

accent

#3E14D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BD5EA

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

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