#8CD2ED#8CD2ED

#8CD2ED is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.080 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD2ED
RGB	rgb(140, 210, 237)
HSL	hsl(197, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(197, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 11.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.62, -15.14, -20.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.62, 25.23, 233.13°)
OKLab	oklab(82.69% -0.057 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(82.69% 0.08 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.1425, 57.7798, 88.6674)
Luminance	0.5778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD2ED #EDA78C

analogous

#8CEDD8 #8CD2ED #8CA2ED

triadic

#8CD2ED #ED8CD2 #D2ED8C

tetradic

#8CD2ED #D88CED #EDA78C #A2ED8C

square

#8CD2ED #D88CED #EDA78C #A2ED8C

split-complementary

#8CD2ED #ED8CA2 #EDD88C

monochromatic

#22A8DC #57BDE5 #8CD2ED #C1E7F5 #E5F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#8CD2ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#8CD2ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD2ED

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD2ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD2ED	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CFEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C3ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64DADA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd2ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 210, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.080 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1dff2',
    500: '#8cd2ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd2ed;
$custom-light: #b1dff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd2ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.701,
    "s": 72.932,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82688,
    "c": 0.07963,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD2ED

secondary

#C87555

accent

#4710D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD2ED

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

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