#8BDDEF#8BDDEF

#8BDDEF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.084 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BDDEF
RGB	rgb(139, 221, 239)
HSL	hsl(191, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(191, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 7.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.67, -20.46, -16.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.67, 26.38, 219.13°)
OKLab	oklab(85.13% -0.07 -0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(85.13% 0.084 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.0782, 63.4301, 91.1436)
Luminance	0.6343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BDDEF #EF9D8B

analogous

#8BEFCF #8BDDEF #8BABEF

triadic

#8BDDEF #EF8BDD #DDEF8B

tetradic

#8BDDEF #CF8BEF #EF9D8B #ABEF8B

square

#8BDDEF #CF8BEF #EF9D8B #ABEF8B

split-complementary

#8BDDEF #EF8BAB #EFCF8B

monochromatic

#1FBDE0 #55CDE8 #8BDDEF #C1EDF6 #E4F7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#8BDDEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.69

#8BDDEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BDDEF

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BDDEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BDDEF	1.00	1.53	13.69	13.69
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD8F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFCBEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FE5E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bddef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 221, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.084 213.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bddef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.8,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85127,
    "c": 0.08367,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BDDEF

secondary

#CA6954

accent

#320ED8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BDDEF

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

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