#8CD4E6#8CD4E6

#8CD4E6 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.076 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD4E6
RGB	rgb(140, 212, 230)
HSL	hsl(192, 64%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(192, 39%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 7.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.95, -17.94, -15.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.95, 24.01, 221.64°)
OKLab	oklab(82.88% -0.062 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(82.88% 0.076 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.6366, 58.3724, 83.5517)
Luminance	0.5838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD4E6 #E69E8C

analogous

#8CE6CB #8CD4E6 #8CA7E6

triadic

#8CD4E6 #E68CD4 #D4E68C

tetradic

#8CD4E6 #CB8CE6 #E69E8C #A7E68C

square

#8CD4E6 #CB8CE6 #E69E8C #A7E68C

split-complementary

#8CD4E6 #E68CA7 #E6CB8C

monochromatic

#2CACCB #5AC1DB #8CD4E6 #BEE7F1 #E6F6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#8CD4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#8CD4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD4E6

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD4E6	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)

#C7CFE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C4E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68DBD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 212, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.076 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e1ee',
    500: '#8cd4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd4e6;
$custom-light: #b1e1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82876,
    "c": 0.07595,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD4E6

secondary

#BF6C57

accent

#3D19CC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD4E6

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

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