#8CC3EB#8CC3EB

#8CC3EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.081 H 240.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CC3EB
RGB	rgb(140, 195, 235)
HSL	hsl(205, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(205, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 17%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.44, -7.81, -25.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.44, 26.64, 252.95°)
OKLab	oklab(79.35% -0.0397 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(79.35% 0.081 240.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.3207, 50.6010, 85.9600)
Luminance	0.5060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CC3EB #EBB48C

analogous

#8CEBE3 #8CC3EB #8C93EB

triadic

#8CC3EB #EB8CC3 #C3EB8C

tetradic

#8CC3EB #E38CEB #EBB48C #93EB8C

square

#8CC3EB #E38CEB #EBB48C #93EB8C

split-complementary

#8CC3EB #EB8C93 #EBE38C

monochromatic

#258CD7 #58A8E2 #8CC3EB #C0DEF4 #E5F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#8CC3EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#8CC3EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CC3EB

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CC3EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CC3EB	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C2ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B8EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68CDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cc3eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 195, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.081 240.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d5f1',
    500: '#8cc3eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cc3eb;
$custom-light: #b1d5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cc3eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.263,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79353,
    "c": 0.08081,
    "h": 240.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CC3EB

secondary

#C58556

accent

#6413D2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CC3EB

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

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