#8CD4E5#8CD4E5

#8CD4E5 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.075 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD4E5
RGB	rgb(140, 212, 229)
HSL	hsl(191, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(191, 39%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 7.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.91, -18.19, -15.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.91, 23.88, 220.37°)
OKLab	oklab(82.84% -0.0624 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(82.84% 0.076 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.4966, 58.3164, 82.8143)
Luminance	0.5832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD4E5 #E59D8C

analogous

#8CE5CA #8CD4E5 #8CA7E5

triadic

#8CD4E5 #E58CD4 #D4E58C

tetradic

#8CD4E5 #CA8CE5 #E59D8C #A7E58C

square

#8CD4E5 #CA8CE5 #E59D8C #A7E58C

split-complementary

#8CD4E5 #E58CA7 #E5CA8C

monochromatic

#2DABC9 #5AC1DA #8CD4E5 #BEE7F0 #E6F6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#8CD4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#8CD4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD4E5

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD4E5	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CFE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C4E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68DBD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 212, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.075 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e1ed',
    500: '#8cd4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd4e5;
$custom-light: #b1e1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.461,
    "s": 63.121,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82841,
    "c": 0.0755,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD4E5

secondary

#BE6B57

accent

#3C1BCB

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFD

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD4E5

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →