#8CD4E8#8CD4E8

#8CD4E8 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.077 H 217.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD4E8
RGB	rgb(140, 212, 232)
HSL	hsl(193, 67%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(193, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 8.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.01, -17.44, -16.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.01, 24.30, 224.15°)
OKLab	oklab(82.95% -0.0613 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(82.95% 0.077 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.9191, 58.4854, 85.0393)
Luminance	0.5849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD4E8 #E8A08C

analogous

#8CE8CE #8CD4E8 #8CA6E8

triadic

#8CD4E8 #E88CD4 #D4E88C

tetradic

#8CD4E8 #CE8CE8 #E8A08C #A6E88C

square

#8CD4E8 #CE8CE8 #E8A08C #A6E88C

split-complementary

#8CD4E8 #E88CA6 #E8CE8C

monochromatic

#2AACD0 #59C1DE #8CD4E8 #BFE7F2 #E5F5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#8CD4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#8CD4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD4E8

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD4E8	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D0E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C4E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67DBDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 212, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.077 217.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e1ef',
    500: '#8cd4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd4e8;
$custom-light: #b1e1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.043,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82947,
    "c": 0.07694,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD4E8

secondary

#C26E56

accent

#3F17CF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD4E8

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

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