#8CC4E4#8CC4E4

#8CC4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.074 H 234.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CC4E4
RGB	rgb(140, 196, 228)
HSL	hsl(202, 62%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(202, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 14%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.47, -10.17, -21.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.47, 23.92, 244.85°)
OKLab	oklab(79.3% -0.0433 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(79.3% 0.074 234)
XYZ	xyz(44.5540, 50.6541, 80.8133)
Luminance	0.5066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CC4E4 #E4AC8C

analogous

#8CE4D8 #8CC4E4 #8C98E4

triadic

#8CC4E4 #E48CC4 #C4E48C

tetradic

#8CC4E4 #D88CE4 #E4AC8C #98E48C

square

#8CC4E4 #D88CE4 #E4AC8C #98E48C

split-complementary

#8CC4E4 #E48C98 #E4D88C

monochromatic

#2F90C7 #5AABD8 #8CC4E4 #BEDDF0 #E6F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#8CC4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#8CC4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CC4E4

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CC4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CC4E4	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C2E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B8E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BCDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cc4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 196, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.074 234.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d5ec',
    500: '#8cc4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cc4e4;
$custom-light: #b1d5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cc4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 61.972,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79299,
    "c": 0.07374,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.50657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CC4E4

secondary

#BD7C57

accent

#5B1CCA

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CC4E4

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

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