#8CC4E7#8CC4E7

#8CC4E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.076 H 236.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CC4E7
RGB	rgb(140, 196, 231)
HSL	hsl(203, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(203, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 15.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, -9.39, -23.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 24.95, 247.89°)
OKLab	oklab(79.41% -0.0423 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(79.41% 0.077 236.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.9741, 50.8221, 83.0256)
Luminance	0.5082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CC4E7 #E7AF8C

analogous

#8CE7DD #8CC4E7 #8C96E7

triadic

#8CC4E7 #E78CC4 #C4E78C

tetradic

#8CC4E7 #DD8CE7 #E7AF8C #96E78C

square

#8CC4E7 #DD8CE7 #E7AF8C #96E78C

split-complementary

#8CC4E7 #E78C96 #E7DD8C

monochromatic

#2B8FCE #59AADC #8CC4E7 #BFDEF2 #E6F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#8CC4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#8CC4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CC4E7

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CC4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CC4E7	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C3E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B9E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ACDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cc4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 196, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.076 236.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d5ee',
    500: '#8cc4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cc4e7;
$custom-light: #b1d5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cc4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 65.468,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79414,
    "c": 0.0765,
    "h": 236.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CC4E7

secondary

#C07F57

accent

#5E18CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CC4E7

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

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