#8CD4EE#8CD4EE

#8CD4EE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.080 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD4EE
RGB	rgb(140, 212, 238)
HSL	hsl(196, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(196, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 10.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.20, -15.91, -19.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.20, 25.43, 231.27°)
OKLab	oklab(83.16% -0.059 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(83.16% 0.08 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.7859, 58.8321, 89.6046)
Luminance	0.5884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD4EE #EEA68C

analogous

#8CEED7 #8CD4EE #8CA3EE

triadic

#8CD4EE #EE8CD4 #D4EE8C

tetradic

#8CD4EE #D78CEE #EEA68C #A3EE8C

square

#8CD4EE #D78CEE #EEA68C #A3EE8C

split-complementary

#8CD4EE #EE8CA3 #EED78C

monochromatic

#21ACDE #57C0E6 #8CD4EE #C1E8F6 #E4F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#8CD4EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#8CD4EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD4EE

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD4EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD4EE	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5D0EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C5EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63DCDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd4ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 212, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.080 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e1f3',
    500: '#8cd4ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd4ee;
$custom-light: #b2e1f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd4ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.918,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83162,
    "c": 0.08042,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD4EE

secondary

#C97455

accent

#440FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD4EE

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

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