#8CD3EF#8CD3EF

#8CD3EF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.081 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD3EF
RGB	rgb(140, 211, 239)
HSL	hsl(197, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(197, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 11.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.96, -15.14, -20.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.96, 25.68, 233.87°)
OKLab	oklab(82.98% -0.0575 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(82.98% 0.081 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.6840, 58.3926, 90.2975)
Luminance	0.5840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD3EF #EFA88C

analogous

#8CEFDA #8CD3EF #8CA2EF

triadic

#8CD3EF #EF8CD3 #D3EF8C

tetradic

#8CD3EF #DA8CEF #EFA88C #A2EF8C

square

#8CD3EF #DA8CEF #EFA88C #A2EF8C

split-complementary

#8CD3EF #EF8CA2 #EFDA8C

monochromatic

#21AAE0 #56BEE8 #8CD3EF #C2E8F6 #E4F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#8CD3EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#8CD3EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD3EF

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD3EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD3EF	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3D0F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C4EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63DCDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd3ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 211, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.081 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e0f4',
    500: '#8cd3ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd3ef;
$custom-light: #b2e0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd3ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.97,
    "s": 75.573,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8298,
    "c": 0.08104,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD3EF

secondary

#CB7655

accent

#470ED8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD3EF

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

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