#8CC8E7#8CC8E7

#8CC8E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.076 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CC8E7
RGB	rgb(140, 200, 231)
HSL	hsl(200, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(200, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 13.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.67, -11.50, -21.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.67, 24.33, 241.80°)
OKLab	oklab(80.28% -0.0472 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(80.28% 0.076 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.8884, 52.6507, 83.3304)
Luminance	0.5265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CC8E7 #E7AB8C

analogous

#8CE7D9 #8CC8E7 #8C9AE7

triadic

#8CC8E7 #E78CC8 #C8E78C

tetradic

#8CC8E7 #D98CE7 #E7AB8C #9AE78C

square

#8CC8E7 #D98CE7 #E7AB8C #9AE78C

split-complementary

#8CC8E7 #E78C9A #E7D98C

monochromatic

#2B96CE #59B0DC #8CC8E7 #BFE0F2 #E6F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#8CC8E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#8CC8E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CC8E7

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CC8E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CC8E7	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C6E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBBE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cc8e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 200, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.076 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d8ee',
    500: '#8cc8e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cc8e7;
$custom-light: #b1d8ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cc8e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.44,
    "s": 65.468,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80283,
    "c": 0.0756,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CC8E7

secondary

#C07B57

accent

#5618CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CC8E7

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

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