#8CD1EC#8CD1EC

#8CD1EC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.079 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD1EC
RGB	rgb(140, 209, 236)
HSL	hsl(197, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(197, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 11.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.31, -14.89, -20.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.31, 25.03, 233.50°)
OKLab	oklab(82.43% -0.0562 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(82.43% 0.079 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.7507, 57.2293, 87.8181)
Luminance	0.5723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD1EC #ECA78C

analogous

#8CECD7 #8CD1EC #8CA1EC

triadic

#8CD1EC #EC8CD1 #D1EC8C

tetradic

#8CD1EC #D78CEC #ECA78C #A1EC8C

square

#8CD1EC #D78CEC #ECA78C #A1EC8C

split-complementary

#8CD1EC #EC8CA1 #ECD78C

monochromatic

#24A7DA #57BCE3 #8CD1EC #C1E6F5 #E5F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#8CD1EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#8CD1EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD1EC

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD1EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD1EC	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CEED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65D9D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd1ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 209, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.079 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1dff2',
    500: '#8cd1ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd1ec;
$custom-light: #b1dff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd1ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.875,
    "s": 71.642,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82433,
    "c": 0.07892,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD1EC

secondary

#C77555

accent

#4812D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD1EC

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

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