#8CD3EB#8CD3EB

#8CD3EB is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.078 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD3EB
RGB	rgb(140, 211, 235)
HSL	hsl(195, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(195, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 10.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.83, -16.17, -18.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.83, 24.80, 229.31°)
OKLab	oklab(82.83% -0.0589 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(82.83% 0.078 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.0996, 58.1589, 87.2197)
Luminance	0.5816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD3EB #EBA48C

analogous

#8CEBD3 #8CD3EB #8CA3EB

triadic

#8CD3EB #EB8CD3 #D3EB8C

tetradic

#8CD3EB #D38CEB #EBA48C #A3EB8C

square

#8CD3EB #D38CEB #EBA48C #A3EB8C

split-complementary

#8CD3EB #EB8CA3 #EBD38C

monochromatic

#25AAD7 #58BFE2 #8CD3EB #C0E7F4 #E5F5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#8CD3EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#8CD3EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD3EB

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD3EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD3EB	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CFEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65DBDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd3eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 211, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.078 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e0f1',
    500: '#8cd3eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd3eb;
$custom-light: #b1e0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd3eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.158,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82834,
    "c": 0.07843,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD3EB

secondary

#C57256

accent

#4313D2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD3EB

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

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