#8CC4E6#8CC4E6

#8CC4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.076 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CC4E6
RGB	rgb(140, 196, 230)
HSL	hsl(203, 64%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(203, 39%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 14.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, -9.65, -22.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 24.60, 246.90°)
OKLab	oklab(79.38% -0.0426 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(79.38% 0.076 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.8333, 50.7658, 82.2839)
Luminance	0.5077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CC4E6 #E6AE8C

analogous

#8CE6DB #8CC4E6 #8C97E6

triadic

#8CC4E6 #E68CC4 #C4E68C

tetradic

#8CC4E6 #DB8CE6 #E6AE8C #97E68C

square

#8CC4E6 #DB8CE6 #E6AE8C #97E68C

split-complementary

#8CC4E6 #E68C97 #E6DB8C

monochromatic

#2C8FCB #5AAADB #8CC4E6 #BEDEF1 #E6F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#8CC4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#8CC4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CC4E6

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CC4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CC4E6	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C2E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ACDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cc4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 196, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.076 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d5ee',
    500: '#8cc4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cc4e6;
$custom-light: #b1d5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cc4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.667,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79375,
    "c": 0.07557,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CC4E6

secondary

#BF7E57

accent

#5D19CC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CC4E6

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

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