#8CD3EC#8CD3EC

#8CD3EC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.079 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD3EC
RGB	rgb(140, 211, 236)
HSL	hsl(196, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(196, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 10.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.86, -15.91, -19.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.86, 25.00, 230.47°)
OKLab	oklab(82.87% -0.0586 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(82.87% 0.079 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.2445, 58.2168, 87.9827)
Luminance	0.5822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD3EC #ECA58C

analogous

#8CECD5 #8CD3EC #8CA3EC

triadic

#8CD3EC #EC8CD3 #D3EC8C

tetradic

#8CD3EC #D58CEC #ECA58C #A3EC8C

square

#8CD3EC #D58CEC #ECA58C #A3EC8C

split-complementary

#8CD3EC #EC8CA3 #ECD58C

monochromatic

#24AADA #57BFE3 #8CD3EC #C1E7F5 #E5F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#8CD3EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#8CD3EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD3EC

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD3EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD3EC	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CFED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65DBDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd3ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 211, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.079 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e0f2',
    500: '#8cd3ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd3ec;
$custom-light: #b1e0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd3ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.625,
    "s": 71.642,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82871,
    "c": 0.07905,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD3EC

secondary

#C77355

accent

#4412D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD3EC

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

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