#8BDDEE#8BDDEE

#8BDDEE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.083 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BDDEE
RGB	rgb(139, 221, 238)
HSL	hsl(190, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(190, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 7.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.64, -20.71, -16.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.64, 26.27, 217.97°)
OKLab	oklab(85.09% -0.0704 -0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(85.09% 0.083 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.9309, 63.3712, 90.3677)
Luminance	0.6338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BDDEE #EE9C8B

analogous

#8BEECE #8BDDEE #8BACEE

triadic

#8BDDEE #EE8BDD #DDEE8B

tetradic

#8BDDEE #CE8BEE #EE9C8B #ACEE8B

square

#8BDDEE #CE8BEE #EE9C8B #ACEE8B

split-complementary

#8BDDEE #EE8BAC #EECE8B

monochromatic

#21BEDE #56CDE6 #8BDDEE #C0EDF6 #E4F7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#8BDDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.68

#8BDDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BDDEE

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BDDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BDDEE	1.00	1.54	13.68	13.68
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD7EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFCBEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60E4E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bddee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 221, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.083 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e7f3',
    500: '#8bddee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bddee;
$custom-light: #b1e7f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bddee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.303,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85093,
    "c": 0.08327,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BDDEE

secondary

#C96854

accent

#310FD7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BDDEE

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

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