#8CD4E3#8CD4E3

#8CD4E3 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.075 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD4E3
RGB	rgb(140, 212, 227)
HSL	hsl(190, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(190, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 6.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.85, -18.69, -14.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.85, 23.65, 217.79°)
OKLab	oklab(82.77% -0.0632 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(82.77% 0.075 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.2189, 58.2053, 81.3521)
Luminance	0.5821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD4E3 #E39B8C

analogous

#8CE3C7 #8CD4E3 #8CA9E3

triadic

#8CD4E3 #E38CD4 #D4E38C

tetradic

#8CD4E3 #C78CE3 #E39B8C #A9E38C

square

#8CD4E3 #C78CE3 #E39B8C #A9E38C

split-complementary

#8CD4E3 #E38CA9 #E3C78C

monochromatic

#30ABC5 #5BC2D7 #8CD4E3 #BDE6EF #E6F6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#8CD4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#8CD4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD4E3

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD4E3	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)

#C8CFE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C4E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69DBD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 212, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.075 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e1eb',
    500: '#8cd4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd4e3;
$custom-light: #b1e1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.345,
    "s": 60.839,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82772,
    "c": 0.07467,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD4E3

secondary

#BC6958

accent

#3B1DC9

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFD

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD4E3

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

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