#8CD4ED#8CD4ED

#8CD4ED is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.080 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD4ED
RGB	rgb(140, 212, 237)
HSL	hsl(195, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(195, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 10.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.17, -16.17, -19.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.17, 25.22, 230.12°)
OKLab	oklab(83.13% -0.0594 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(83.13% 0.08 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.6394, 58.7735, 88.8330)
Luminance	0.5878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD4ED #EDA58C

analogous

#8CEDD6 #8CD4ED #8CA4ED

triadic

#8CD4ED #ED8CD4 #D4ED8C

tetradic

#8CD4ED #D68CED #EDA58C #A4ED8C

square

#8CD4ED #D68CED #EDA58C #A4ED8C

split-complementary

#8CD4ED #ED8CA4 #EDD68C

monochromatic

#22ACDC #57C0E5 #8CD4ED #C1E8F5 #E5F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#8CD4ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#8CD4ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD4ED

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD4ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD4ED	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5D0EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C5ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64DCDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd4ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 212, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.080 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e1f2',
    500: '#8cd4ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd4ed;
$custom-light: #b2e1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd4ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.464,
    "s": 72.932,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83126,
    "c": 0.07979,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD4ED

secondary

#C87355

accent

#4310D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD4ED

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

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