#8CD5EB#8CD5EB

#8CD5EB is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.079 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD5EB
RGB	rgb(140, 213, 235)
HSL	hsl(194, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(194, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 9.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.38, -17.19, -17.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.38, 24.87, 226.27°)
OKLab	oklab(83.27% -0.0613 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(83.27% 0.079 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.5996, 59.1588, 87.3863)
Luminance	0.5916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD5EB #EBA28C

analogous

#8CEBD1 #8CD5EB #8CA5EB

triadic

#8CD5EB #EB8CD5 #D5EB8C

tetradic

#8CD5EB #D18CEB #EBA28C #A5EB8C

square

#8CD5EB #D18CEB #EBA28C #A5EB8C

split-complementary

#8CD5EB #EB8CA5 #EBD18C

monochromatic

#25AED7 #58C2E2 #8CD5EB #C0E8F4 #E5F5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#8CD5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#8CD5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD5EB

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD5EB	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D1EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C5EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65DDDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 213, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.079 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e2f1',
    500: '#8cd5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd5eb;
$custom-light: #b1e2f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.895,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83273,
    "c": 0.07876,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD5EB

secondary

#C57056

accent

#3F13D2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD5EB

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

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