#8CC4E2#8CC4E2

#8CC4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.072 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CC4E2
RGB	rgb(140, 196, 226)
HSL	hsl(201, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(201, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 13.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, -10.68, -20.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 23.27, 242.68°)
OKLab	oklab(79.22% -0.0441 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(79.22% 0.072 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.2780, 50.5437, 79.3595)
Luminance	0.5055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CC4E2 #E2AA8C

analogous

#8CE2D5 #8CC4E2 #8C99E2

triadic

#8CC4E2 #E28CC4 #C4E28C

tetradic

#8CC4E2 #D58CE2 #E2AA8C #99E28C

square

#8CC4E2 #D58CE2 #E2AA8C #99E28C

split-complementary

#8CC4E2 #E28C99 #E2D58C

monochromatic

#3190C3 #5BABD6 #8CC4E2 #BDDDEE #E7F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#8CC4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#8CC4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CC4E2

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CC4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CC4E2	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C2E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B8E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CCCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cc4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 196, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.072 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d5eb',
    500: '#8cc4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cc4e2;
$custom-light: #b0d5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cc4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.93,
    "s": 59.722,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79224,
    "c": 0.07198,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CC4E2

secondary

#BA7A58

accent

#591EC7

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CC4E2

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

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