#8CCBE6#8CCBE6

#8CCBE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.075 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CCBE6
RGB	rgb(140, 203, 230)
HSL	hsl(198, 64%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(198, 39%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 11.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.46, -13.32, -19.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.46, 23.79, 235.94°)
OKLab	oklab(80.9% -0.0512 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(80.9% 0.075 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.4492, 53.9976, 82.8226)
Luminance	0.5400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CCBE6 #E6A78C

analogous

#8CE6D4 #8CCBE6 #8C9EE6

triadic

#8CCBE6 #E68CCB #CBE68C

tetradic

#8CCBE6 #D48CE6 #E6A78C #9EE68C

square

#8CCBE6 #D48CE6 #E6A78C #9EE68C

split-complementary

#8CCBE6 #E68C9E #E6D48C

monochromatic

#2C9CCB #5AB4DB #8CCBE6 #BEE2F1 #E6F4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#8CCBE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#8CCBE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CCBE6

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CCBE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CCBE6	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC8E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBEE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69D3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ccbe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 203, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.075 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1daee',
    500: '#8ccbe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ccbe6;
$custom-light: #b1daee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ccbe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.809,
    "c": 0.07457,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CCBE6

secondary

#BF7657

accent

#4F19CC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CCBE6

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

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