#8CC4EA#8CC4EA

#8CC4EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.079 H 238.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CC4EA
RGB	rgb(140, 196, 234)
HSL	hsl(204, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(204, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 16.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, -8.61, -24.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 26.03, 250.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% -0.0412 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.079 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.4014, 50.9930, 85.2762)
Luminance	0.5100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CC4EA #EAB28C

analogous

#8CEAE1 #8CC4EA #8C95EA

triadic

#8CC4EA #EA8CC4 #C4EA8C

tetradic

#8CC4EA #E18CEA #EAB28C #95EA8C

square

#8CC4EA #E18CEA #EAB28C #95EA8C

split-complementary

#8CC4EA #EA8C95 #EAE18C

monochromatic

#278ED5 #58A9E1 #8CC4EA #C0DFF3 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#8CC4EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#8CC4EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CC4EA

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CC4EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CC4EA	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C3EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B9E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68CED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cc4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 196, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.079 238.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d5f0',
    500: '#8cc4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cc4ea;
$custom-light: #b1d5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cc4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.255,
    "s": 69.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7953,
    "c": 0.07941,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CC4EA

secondary

#C48356

accent

#6114D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CC4EA

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

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