#8CD4EA#8CD4EA

#8CD4EA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.078 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD4EA
RGB	rgb(140, 212, 234)
HSL	hsl(194, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(194, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 9.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.07, -16.93, -17.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.07, 24.64, 226.59°)
OKLab	oklab(83.02% -0.0605 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(83.02% 0.078 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.2047, 58.5996, 86.5440)
Luminance	0.5860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD4EA #EAA28C

analogous

#8CEAD1 #8CD4EA #8CA5EA

triadic

#8CD4EA #EA8CD4 #D4EA8C

tetradic

#8CD4EA #D18CEA #EAA28C #A5EA8C

square

#8CD4EA #D18CEA #EAA28C #A5EA8C

split-complementary

#8CD4EA #EA8CA5 #EAD18C

monochromatic

#27ACD5 #58C1E1 #8CD4EA #C0E7F3 #E5F5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#8CD4EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#8CD4EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD4EA

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD4EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD4EA	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C5EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66DCDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 212, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.078 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e1f0',
    500: '#8cd4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd4ea;
$custom-light: #b1e1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.043,
    "s": 69.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83018,
    "c": 0.07801,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD4EA

secondary

#C47056

accent

#4114D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD4EA

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

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