#8CD2E7#8CD2E7

#8CD2E7 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.076 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD2E7
RGB	rgb(140, 210, 231)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(194, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 9.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.42, -16.67, -17.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.42, 24.01, 226.02°)
OKLab	oklab(82.47% -0.0593 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(82.47% 0.076 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.2806, 57.4350, 84.1278)
Luminance	0.5744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD2E7 #E7A18C

analogous

#8CE7CE #8CD2E7 #8CA4E7

triadic

#8CD2E7 #E78CD2 #D2E78C

tetradic

#8CD2E7 #CE8CE7 #E7A18C #A4E78C

square

#8CD2E7 #CE8CE7 #E7A18C #A4E78C

split-complementary

#8CD2E7 #E78CA4 #E7CE8C

monochromatic

#2BA8CE #59BEDC #8CD2E7 #BFE6F2 #E6F5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#8CD2E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#8CD2E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD2E7

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD2E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD2E7	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CEE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C3E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67D9D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd2e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 210, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.076 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1dfee',
    500: '#8cd2e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd2e7;
$custom-light: #b1dfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd2e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 65.468,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82471,
    "c": 0.07593,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD2E7

secondary

#C06F57

accent

#4218CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD2E7

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

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