#8CD4EF#8CD4EF

#8CD4EF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.081 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD4EF
RGB	rgb(140, 212, 239)
HSL	hsl(196, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(196, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 11.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.23, -15.65, -20.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.23, 25.65, 232.39°)
OKLab	oklab(83.2% -0.0586 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(83.2% 0.081 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.9332, 58.8910, 90.3805)
Luminance	0.5889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD4EF #EFA78C

analogous

#8CEFD9 #8CD4EF #8CA3EF

triadic

#8CD4EF #EF8CD4 #D4EF8C

tetradic

#8CD4EF #D98CEF #EFA78C #A3EF8C

square

#8CD4EF #D98CEF #EFA78C #A3EF8C

split-complementary

#8CD4EF #EF8CA3 #EFD98C

monochromatic

#21ACE0 #56C0E8 #8CD4EF #C2E8F6 #E4F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#8CD4EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#8CD4EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD4EF

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD4EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD4EF	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5D0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C5EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63DDDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd4ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 212, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.081 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e1f4',
    500: '#8cd4ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd4ef;
$custom-light: #b2e1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd4ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 75.573,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83199,
    "c": 0.08108,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD4EF

secondary

#CB7555

accent

#450ED8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD4EF

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

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