#8CD3EA#8CD3EA

#8CD3EA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.078 H 220.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD3EA
RGB	rgb(140, 211, 234)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(195, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 9.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.80, -16.42, -18.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.80, 24.60, 228.12°)
OKLab	oklab(82.8% -0.0593 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(82.8% 0.078 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.9555, 58.1012, 86.4609)
Luminance	0.5810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD3EA #EAA38C

analogous

#8CEAD2 #8CD3EA #8CA4EA

triadic

#8CD3EA #EA8CD3 #D3EA8C

tetradic

#8CD3EA #D28CEA #EAA38C #A4EA8C

square

#8CD3EA #D28CEA #EAA38C #A4EA8C

split-complementary

#8CD3EA #EA8CA4 #EAD28C

monochromatic

#27AAD5 #58BFE1 #8CD3EA #C0E7F3 #E5F5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#8CD3EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#8CD3EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD3EA

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD3EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD3EA	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CFEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66DBDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd3ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 211, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.078 220.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e0f0',
    500: '#8cd3ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd3ea;
$custom-light: #b1e0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd3ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.681,
    "s": 69.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82798,
    "c": 0.07783,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD3EA

secondary

#C47156

accent

#4314D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD3EA

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

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