#8CD5EA#8CD5EA

#8CD5EA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.078 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD5EA
RGB	rgb(140, 213, 234)
HSL	hsl(193, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(193, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.35, -17.44, -17.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.35, 24.70, 225.07°)
OKLab	oklab(83.24% -0.0617 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(83.24% 0.078 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.4555, 59.1011, 86.6276)
Luminance	0.5910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD5EA #EAA18C

analogous

#8CEAD0 #8CD5EA #8CA6EA

triadic

#8CD5EA #EA8CD5 #D5EA8C

tetradic

#8CD5EA #D08CEA #EAA18C #A6EA8C

square

#8CD5EA #D08CEA #EAA18C #A6EA8C

split-complementary

#8CD5EA #EA8CA6 #EAD08C

monochromatic

#27AED5 #58C2E1 #8CD5EA #C0E8F3 #E5F6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#8CD5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#8CD5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD5EA

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD5EA	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D1EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C5EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65DDDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 213, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.078 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e2f0',
    500: '#8cd5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd5ea;
$custom-light: #b1e2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.404,
    "s": 69.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83238,
    "c": 0.07822,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD5EA

secondary

#C46F56

accent

#3F14D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD5EA

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

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