#8CC4DA#8CC4DA

#8CC4DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.066 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CC4DA
RGB	rgb(140, 196, 218)
HSL	hsl(197, 51%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(197, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 10.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.14, -12.71, -16.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.14, 21.02, 232.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% -0.047 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.066 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.2058, 50.1148, 73.7126)
Luminance	0.5012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CC4DA #DAA28C

analogous

#8CDAC9 #8CC4DA #8C9DDA

triadic

#8CC4DA #DA8CC4 #C4DA8C

tetradic

#8CC4DA #C98CDA #DAA28C #9DDA8C

square

#8CC4DA #C98CDA #DAA28C #9DDA8C

split-complementary

#8CC4DA #DA8C9D #DAC98C

monochromatic

#3990B2 #5EACCB #8CC4DA #BADCE9 #E8F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#8CC4DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#8CC4DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CC4DA

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CC4DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CC4DA	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C1DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB8DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70CBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cc4da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 196, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.066 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d5e5',
    500: '#8cc4da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cc4da;
$custom-light: #b0d5e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cc4da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.923,
    "s": 51.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78929,
    "c": 0.06577,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CC4DA

secondary

#B17259

accent

#5227BF

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CC4DA

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

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