#8AD8EA#8AD8EA

#8AD8EA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.081 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AD8EA
RGB	rgb(138, 216, 234)
HSL	hsl(191, 70%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(191, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 7.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.08, -19.46, -16.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.08, 25.44, 220.09°)
OKLab	oklab(83.8% -0.0669 -0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(83.8% 0.081 214)
XYZ	xyz(49.8830, 60.4520, 86.8658)
Luminance	0.6046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AD8EA #EA9C8A

analogous

#8AEACC #8AD8EA #8AA8EA

triadic

#8AD8EA #EA8AD8 #D8EA8A

tetradic

#8AD8EA #CC8AEA #EA9C8A #A8EA8A

square

#8AD8EA #CC8AEA #EA9C8A #A8EA8A

split-complementary

#8AD8EA #EA8AA8 #EACC8A

monochromatic

#26B3D4 #56C7E1 #8AD8EA #BEE9F3 #E5F6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#8AD8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#8AD8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AD8EA

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AD8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AD8EA	1.00	1.60	13.09	13.09
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD3EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61DFDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ad8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 216, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.081 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0e4f0',
    500: '#8ad8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ad8ea;
$custom-light: #b0e4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ad8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83799,
    "c": 0.08064,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.60456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AD8EA

secondary

#C46954

accent

#3814D2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AD8EA

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

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