#8CC5E7#8CC5E7

#8CC5E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.076 H 235.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CC5E7
RGB	rgb(140, 197, 231)
HSL	hsl(202, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(202, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 14.7%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.85, -9.92, -22.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.85, 24.77, 246.39°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% -0.0435 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.076 235.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.2004, 51.2747, 83.1011)
Luminance	0.5128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CC5E7 #E7AE8C

analogous

#8CE7DC #8CC5E7 #8C97E7

triadic

#8CC5E7 #E78CC5 #C5E78C

tetradic

#8CC5E7 #DC8CE7 #E7AE8C #97E78C

square

#8CC5E7 #DC8CE7 #E7AE8C #97E78C

split-complementary

#8CC5E7 #E78C97 #E7DC8C

monochromatic

#2B91CE #59ABDC #8CC5E7 #BFDFF2 #E6F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#8CC5E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#8CC5E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CC5E7

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CC5E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CC5E7	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C3E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B9E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ACED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cc5e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 197, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.076 235.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d6ee',
    500: '#8cc5e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cc5e7;
$custom-light: #b1d6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cc5e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.418,
    "s": 65.468,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79631,
    "c": 0.07623,
    "h": 235.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CC5E7

secondary

#C07E57

accent

#5C18CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CC5E7

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

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