#8CD3EE#8CD3EE

#8CD3EE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.080 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD3EE
RGB	rgb(140, 211, 238)
HSL	hsl(197, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(197, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 11.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.92, -15.40, -20.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.92, 25.44, 232.75°)
OKLab	oklab(82.94% -0.0578 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(82.94% 0.08 224)
XYZ	xyz(49.5367, 58.3337, 89.5216)
Luminance	0.5834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD3EE #EEA78C

analogous

#8CEED8 #8CD3EE #8CA2EE

triadic

#8CD3EE #EE8CD3 #D3EE8C

tetradic

#8CD3EE #D88CEE #EEA78C #A2EE8C

square

#8CD3EE #D88CEE #EEA78C #A2EE8C

split-complementary

#8CD3EE #EE8CA2 #EED88C

monochromatic

#21AADE #57BFE6 #8CD3EE #C1E7F6 #E4F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#8CD3EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#8CD3EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD3EE

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD3EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD3EE	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C4EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64DBDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd3ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 211, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.080 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e0f3',
    500: '#8cd3ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd3ee;
$custom-light: #b2e0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd3ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.531,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82944,
    "c": 0.08036,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.58337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD3EE

secondary

#C97555

accent

#460FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD3EE

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

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