#8CD5EE#8CD5EE

#8CD5EE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.081 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD5EE
RGB	rgb(140, 213, 238)
HSL	hsl(195, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(195, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 10.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.47, -16.42, -19.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.47, 25.43, 229.78°)
OKLab	oklab(83.38% -0.0602 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(83.38% 0.081 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.0366, 59.3336, 89.6882)
Luminance	0.5934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD5EE #EEA58C

analogous

#8CEED6 #8CD5EE #8CA4EE

triadic

#8CD5EE #EE8CD5 #D5EE8C

tetradic

#8CD5EE #D68CEE #EEA58C #A4EE8C

square

#8CD5EE #D68CEE #EEA58C #A4EE8C

split-complementary

#8CD5EE #EE8CA4 #EED68C

monochromatic

#21AEDE #57C2E6 #8CD5EE #C1E8F6 #E4F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#8CD5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#8CD5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD5EE

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD5EE	1.00	1.63	12.87	12.87
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C5EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63DDDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 213, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.081 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e2f3',
    500: '#8cd5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd5ee;
$custom-light: #b2e2f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.306,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83381,
    "c": 0.08053,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD5EE

secondary

#C97355

accent

#420FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD5EE

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

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