#8BDCEF#8BDCEF

#8BDCEF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.083 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BDCEF
RGB	rgb(139, 220, 239)
HSL	hsl(191, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(191, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 7.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.39, -19.96, -17.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.39, 26.26, 220.53°)
OKLab	oklab(84.91% -0.0689 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(84.91% 0.083 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.8150, 62.9037, 91.0558)
Luminance	0.6291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BDCEF #EF9E8B

analogous

#8BEFD0 #8BDCEF #8BAAEF

triadic

#8BDCEF #EF8BDC #DCEF8B

tetradic

#8BDCEF #D08BEF #EF9E8B #AAEF8B

square

#8BDCEF #D08BEF #EF9E8B #AAEF8B

split-complementary

#8BDCEF #EF8BAA #EFD08B

monochromatic

#1FBCE0 #55CCE8 #8BDCEF #C1ECF6 #E4F7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#8BDCEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.58

#8BDCEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BDCEF

13.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BDCEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BDCEF	1.00	1.55	13.58	13.58
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED7F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BECBEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FE4E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bdcef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 220, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.083 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e7f4',
    500: '#8bdcef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bdcef;
$custom-light: #b1e7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bdcef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.4,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84907,
    "c": 0.08335,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BDCEF

secondary

#CA6A54

accent

#340ED8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BDCEF

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

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