#8CD1EB#8CD1EB

#8CD1EB is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.078 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD1EB
RGB	rgb(140, 209, 235)
HSL	hsl(196, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(196, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 11.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.28, -15.14, -19.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.28, 24.79, 232.36°)
OKLab	oklab(82.4% -0.0566 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(82.4% 0.078 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.6058, 57.1713, 87.0551)
Luminance	0.5717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD1EB #EBA68C

analogous

#8CEBD5 #8CD1EB #8CA1EB

triadic

#8CD1EB #EB8CD1 #D1EB8C

tetradic

#8CD1EB #D58CEB #EBA68C #A1EB8C

square

#8CD1EB #D58CEB #EBA68C #A1EB8C

split-complementary

#8CD1EB #EB8CA1 #EBD58C

monochromatic

#25A7D7 #58BCE2 #8CD1EB #C0E6F4 #E5F5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#8CD1EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#8CD1EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD1EB

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD1EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD1EB	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CDEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66D9D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd1eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 209, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.078 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1dff1',
    500: '#8cd1eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd1eb;
$custom-light: #b1dff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd1eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.421,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82396,
    "c": 0.07824,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD1EB

secondary

#C57456

accent

#4713D2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD1EB

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

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