#8CD4E9#8CD4E9

#8CD4E9 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.077 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD4E9
RGB	rgb(140, 212, 233)
HSL	hsl(194, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(194, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.04, -17.19, -17.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.04, 24.47, 225.38°)
OKLab	oklab(82.98% -0.0609 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(82.98% 0.077 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.0615, 58.5423, 85.7895)
Luminance	0.5855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD4E9 #E9A18C

analogous

#8CE9CF #8CD4E9 #8CA5E9

triadic

#8CD4E9 #E98CD4 #D4E98C

tetradic

#8CD4E9 #CF8CE9 #E9A18C #A5E98C

square

#8CD4E9 #CF8CE9 #E9A18C #A5E98C

split-complementary

#8CD4E9 #E98CA5 #E9CF8C

monochromatic

#28ACD2 #59C1DF #8CD4E9 #BFE7F3 #E5F5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#8CD4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#8CD4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD4E9

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD4E9	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D0EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66DCDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 212, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.077 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e1f0',
    500: '#8cd4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd4e9;
$custom-light: #b1e1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.548,
    "s": 67.883,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82982,
    "c": 0.07746,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD4E9

secondary

#C36F56

accent

#4016D0

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD4E9

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

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