#8CD5EC#8CD5EC

#8CD5EC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.079 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD5EC
RGB	rgb(140, 213, 236)
HSL	hsl(194, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(194, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 9.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.41, -16.93, -18.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.41, 25.05, 227.46°)
OKLab	oklab(83.31% -0.061 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(83.31% 0.079 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.7444, 59.2167, 88.1493)
Luminance	0.5922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD5EC #ECA38C

analogous

#8CECD3 #8CD5EC #8CA5EC

triadic

#8CD5EC #EC8CD5 #D5EC8C

tetradic

#8CD5EC #D38CEC #ECA38C #A5EC8C

square

#8CD5EC #D38CEC #ECA38C #A5EC8C

split-complementary

#8CD5EC #EC8CA5 #ECD38C

monochromatic

#24AEDA #57C2E3 #8CD5EC #C1E8F5 #E5F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#8CD5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#8CD5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD5EC

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD5EC	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D1ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C5EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64DDDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 213, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.079 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e2f2',
    500: '#8cd5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd5ec;
$custom-light: #b2e2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.375,
    "s": 71.642,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83309,
    "c": 0.07933,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD5EC

secondary

#C77155

accent

#4012D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD5EC

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

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