#8CD4EB#8CD4EB

#8CD4EB is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.079 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD4EB
RGB	rgb(140, 212, 235)
HSL	hsl(195, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(195, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 9.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.10, -16.68, -18.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.10, 24.82, 227.78°)
OKLab	oklab(83.05% -0.0601 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(83.05% 0.079 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.3488, 58.6573, 87.3027)
Luminance	0.5866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD4EB #EBA38C

analogous

#8CEBD2 #8CD4EB #8CA4EB

triadic

#8CD4EB #EB8CD4 #D4EB8C

tetradic

#8CD4EB #D28CEB #EBA38C #A4EB8C

square

#8CD4EB #D28CEB #EBA38C #A4EB8C

split-complementary

#8CD4EB #EB8CA4 #EBD28C

monochromatic

#25ACD7 #58C1E2 #8CD4EB #C0E7F4 #E5F5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#8CD4EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#8CD4EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD4EB

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD4EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD4EB	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D0EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C5EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65DCDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd4eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 212, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.079 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e1f1',
    500: '#8cd4eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd4eb;
$custom-light: #b1e1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd4eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.526,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83054,
    "c": 0.07858,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD4EB

secondary

#C57156

accent

#4113D2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD4EB

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

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