#8CD4E7#8CD4E7

#8CD4E7 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.076 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD4E7
RGB	rgb(140, 212, 231)
HSL	hsl(193, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(193, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 8.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.98, -17.69, -16.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.98, 24.15, 222.90°)
OKLab	oklab(82.91% -0.0617 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(82.91% 0.076 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.7774, 58.4287, 84.2934)
Luminance	0.5843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD4E7 #E79F8C

analogous

#8CE7CC #8CD4E7 #8CA7E7

triadic

#8CD4E7 #E78CD4 #D4E78C

tetradic

#8CD4E7 #CC8CE7 #E79F8C #A7E78C

square

#8CD4E7 #CC8CE7 #E79F8C #A7E78C

split-complementary

#8CD4E7 #E78CA7 #E7CC8C

monochromatic

#2BACCE #59C1DC #8CD4E7 #BFE7F2 #E6F6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#8CD4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#8CD4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD4E7

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD4E7	1.00	1.66	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CFE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C4E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67DBDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 212, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.076 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e1ee',
    500: '#8cd4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd4e7;
$custom-light: #b1e1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.527,
    "s": 65.468,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82911,
    "c": 0.07643,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD4E7

secondary

#C06D57

accent

#3E18CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD4E7

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

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