#8AD4E4#8AD4E4

#8AD4E4 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.077 H 212.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AD4E4
RGB	rgb(138, 212, 228)
HSL	hsl(191, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(191, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.79, -18.95, -15.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.79, 24.25, 218.61°)
OKLab	oklab(82.7% -0.0645 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(82.7% 0.077 212.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.0233, 58.0884, 82.0654)
Luminance	0.5809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AD4E4 #E49A8A

analogous

#8AE4C7 #8AD4E4 #8AA7E4

triadic

#8AD4E4 #E48AD4 #D4E48A

tetradic

#8AD4E4 #C78AE4 #E49A8A #A7E48A

square

#8AD4E4 #C78AE4 #E49A8A #A7E48A

split-complementary

#8AD4E4 #E48AA7 #E4C78A

monochromatic

#2EABC6 #58C2D9 #8AD4E4 #BCE6EF #E6F6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#8AD4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#8AD4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AD4E4

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AD4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AD4E4	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CFE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C4E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65DBD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ad4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 212, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.077 212.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0e1ec',
    500: '#8ad4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ad4e4;
$custom-light: #b0e1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ad4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.667,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82704,
    "c": 0.0767,
    "h": 212.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AD4E4

secondary

#BD6856

accent

#3A1BCA

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFD

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AD4E4

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

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