#8BDAEF#8BDAEF

#8BDAEF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.083 H 216.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BDAEF
RGB	rgb(139, 218, 239)
HSL	hsl(193, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(193, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 8.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.84, -18.95, -17.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.84, 26.07, 223.36°)
OKLab	oklab(84.47% -0.0665 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(84.47% 0.083 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.2932, 61.8601, 90.8819)
Luminance	0.6186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8BDAEF #EFA08B

analogous

#8BEFD2 #8BDAEF #8BA8EF

triadic

#8BDAEF #EF8BDA #DAEF8B

tetradic

#8BDAEF #D28BEF #EFA08B #A8EF8B

square

#8BDAEF #D28BEF #EFA08B #A8EF8B

split-complementary

#8BDAEF #EF8BA8 #EFD28B

monochromatic

#1FB8E0 #55C9E8 #8BDAEF #C1EBF6 #E4F6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#8BDAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.37

#8BDAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BDAEF

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BDAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BDAEF	1.00	1.57	13.37	13.37
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC9EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60E2E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bdaef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 218, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.083 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e5f4',
    500: '#8bdaef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bdaef;
$custom-light: #b1e5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bdaef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.6,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84466,
    "c": 0.08277,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BDAEF

secondary

#CA6D54

accent

#380ED8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BDAEF

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

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