#8CD4E4#8CD4E4

#8CD4E4 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.075 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD4E4
RGB	rgb(140, 212, 228)
HSL	hsl(191, 62%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(191, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.88, -18.44, -14.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.88, 23.76, 219.09°)
OKLab	oklab(82.81% -0.0628 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(82.81% 0.075 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.3573, 58.2607, 82.0810)
Luminance	0.5826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD4E4 #E49C8C

analogous

#8CE4C8 #8CD4E4 #8CA8E4

triadic

#8CD4E4 #E48CD4 #D4E48C

tetradic

#8CD4E4 #C88CE4 #E49C8C #A8E48C

square

#8CD4E4 #C88CE4 #E49C8C #A8E48C

split-complementary

#8CD4E4 #E48CA8 #E4C88C

monochromatic

#2FABC7 #5AC1D8 #8CD4E4 #BEE7F0 #E6F6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#8CD4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#8CD4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD4E4

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD4E4	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CFE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C4E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69DBD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 212, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.075 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e1ec',
    500: '#8cd4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd4e4;
$custom-light: #b1e1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 61.972,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82806,
    "c": 0.07508,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD4E4

secondary

#BD6A57

accent

#3B1CCA

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFD

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD4E4

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

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