#8CD4EC#8CD4EC

#8CD4EC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.079 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD4EC
RGB	rgb(140, 212, 236)
HSL	hsl(195, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(195, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 10.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.13, -16.42, -18.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.13, 25.02, 228.96°)
OKLab	oklab(83.09% -0.0598 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(83.09% 0.079 221)
XYZ	xyz(49.4937, 58.7152, 88.0657)
Luminance	0.5872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD4EC #ECA48C

analogous

#8CECD4 #8CD4EC #8CA4EC

triadic

#8CD4EC #EC8CD4 #D4EC8C

tetradic

#8CD4EC #D48CEC #ECA48C #A4EC8C

square

#8CD4EC #D48CEC #ECA48C #A4EC8C

split-complementary

#8CD4EC #EC8CA4 #ECD48C

monochromatic

#24ACDA #57C0E3 #8CD4EC #C1E8F5 #E5F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#8CD4EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#8CD4EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD4EC

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD4EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD4EC	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5D0ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C5EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64DCDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd4ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 212, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.079 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e1f2',
    500: '#8cd4ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd4ec;
$custom-light: #b2e1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd4ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 71.642,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8309,
    "c": 0.07917,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.58719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD4EC

secondary

#C77255

accent

#4212D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD4EC

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

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