#8CD2EC#8CD2EC

#8CD2EC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.079 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD2EC
RGB	rgb(140, 210, 236)
HSL	hsl(196, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(196, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 11%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.58, -15.40, -19.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.58, 25.01, 231.99°)
OKLab	oklab(82.65% -0.0574 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(82.65% 0.079 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.9968, 57.7215, 87.9001)
Luminance	0.5773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD2EC #ECA68C

analogous

#8CECD6 #8CD2EC #8CA2EC

triadic

#8CD2EC #EC8CD2 #D2EC8C

tetradic

#8CD2EC #D68CEC #ECA68C #A2EC8C

square

#8CD2EC #D68CEC #ECA68C #A2EC8C

split-complementary

#8CD2EC #EC8CA2 #ECD68C

monochromatic

#24A8DA #57BDE3 #8CD2EC #C1E7F5 #E5F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#8CD2EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#8CD2EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD2EC

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD2EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD2EC	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CEED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65DADA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd2ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 210, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.079 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1dff2',
    500: '#8cd2ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd2ec;
$custom-light: #b1dff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd2ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.25,
    "s": 71.642,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82651,
    "c": 0.07897,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD2EC

secondary

#C77455

accent

#4612D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD2EC

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

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