#8CD2E2#8CD2E2

#8CD2E2 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.073 H 213.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD2E2
RGB	rgb(140, 210, 226)
HSL	hsl(191, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(191, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 7.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.27, -17.93, -14.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.27, 23.27, 219.62°)
OKLab	oklab(82.3% -0.0612 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(82.3% 0.073 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.5845, 57.1566, 80.4617)
Luminance	0.5716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD2E2 #E29C8C

analogous

#8CE2C7 #8CD2E2 #8CA7E2

triadic

#8CD2E2 #E28CD2 #D2E28C

tetradic

#8CD2E2 #C78CE2 #E29C8C #A7E28C

square

#8CD2E2 #C78CE2 #E29C8C #A7E28C

split-complementary

#8CD2E2 #E28CA7 #E2C78C

monochromatic

#31A7C3 #5BBFD6 #8CD2E2 #BDE5EE #E7F5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#8CD2E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#8CD2E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD2E2

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD2E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD2E2	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CDE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C3E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AD9D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd2e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 210, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.073 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e0eb',
    500: '#8cd2e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd2e2;
$custom-light: #b1e0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd2e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.163,
    "s": 59.722,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82295,
    "c": 0.07348,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD2E2

secondary

#BA6A58

accent

#3E1EC7

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFD

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD2E2

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

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