#8BD5EE#8BD5EE

#8BD5EE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.081 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BD5EE
RGB	rgb(139, 213, 238)
HSL	hsl(195, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(195, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 10.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.43, -16.67, -19.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.43, 25.65, 229.47°)
OKLab	oklab(83.33% -0.061 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(83.33% 0.081 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.8688, 59.2471, 89.6804)
Luminance	0.5925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8BD5EE #EEA48B

analogous

#8BEED6 #8BD5EE #8BA4EE

triadic

#8BD5EE #EE8BD5 #D5EE8B

tetradic

#8BD5EE #D68BEE #EEA48B #A4EE8B

square

#8BD5EE #D68BEE #EEA48B #A4EE8B

split-complementary

#8BD5EE #EE8BA4 #EED68B

monochromatic

#21AEDE #56C2E6 #8BD5EE #C0E8F6 #E4F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#8BD5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#8BD5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BD5EE

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BD5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BD5EE	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C5EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61DDDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bd5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 213, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.081 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e2f3',
    500: '#8bd5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bd5ee;
$custom-light: #b1e2f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bd5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.152,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83331,
    "c": 0.08129,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BD5EE

secondary

#C97254

accent

#410FD7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BD5EE

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

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