#8CC5EA#8CC5EA

#8CC5EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.079 H 237.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CC5EA
RGB	rgb(140, 197, 234)
HSL	hsl(204, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(204, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 15.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.95, -9.14, -24.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.95, 25.82, 249.28°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% -0.0424 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.079 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.6278, 51.4457, 85.3517)
Luminance	0.5145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CC5EA #EAB18C

analogous

#8CEAE0 #8CC5EA #8C96EA

triadic

#8CC5EA #EA8CC5 #C5EA8C

tetradic

#8CC5EA #E08CEA #EAB18C #96EA8C

square

#8CC5EA #E08CEA #EAB18C #96EA8C

split-complementary

#8CC5EA #EA8C96 #EAE08C

monochromatic

#2790D5 #58ABE1 #8CC5EA #C0DFF3 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#8CC5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#8CC5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CC5EA

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CC5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CC5EA	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B9E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68CFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cc5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 197, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.079 237.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d6f0',
    500: '#8cc5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cc5ea;
$custom-light: #b1d6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cc5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.617,
    "s": 69.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79746,
    "c": 0.07905,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CC5EA

secondary

#C48156

accent

#5F14D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CC5EA

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

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