#8CC4E8#8CC4E8

#8CC4E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.077 H 237.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CC4E8
RGB	rgb(140, 196, 232)
HSL	hsl(203, 67%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(203, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 15.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.61, -9.13, -23.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.61, 25.30, 248.85°)
OKLab	oklab(79.45% -0.0419 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(79.45% 0.077 237.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.1157, 50.8788, 83.7716)
Luminance	0.5088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CC4E8 #E8B08C

analogous

#8CE8DE #8CC4E8 #8C96E8

triadic

#8CC4E8 #E88CC4 #C4E88C

tetradic

#8CC4E8 #DE8CE8 #E8B08C #96E88C

square

#8CC4E8 #DE8CE8 #E8B08C #96E88C

split-complementary

#8CC4E8 #E88C96 #E8DE8C

monochromatic

#2A8FD0 #59AADE #8CC4E8 #BFDEF2 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#8CC4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#8CC4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CC4E8

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CC4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CC4E8	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C3EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69CDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cc4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 196, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.077 237.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d5ef',
    500: '#8cc4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cc4e8;
$custom-light: #b1d5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cc4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.478,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79452,
    "c": 0.07746,
    "h": 237.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CC4E8

secondary

#C28056

accent

#5F17CF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CC4E8

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

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