#8CD5EF#8CD5EF

#8CD5EF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.081 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD5EF
RGB	rgb(140, 213, 239)
HSL	hsl(196, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(196, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 10.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.51, -16.17, -19.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.51, 25.64, 230.92°)
OKLab	oklab(83.42% -0.0598 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(83.42% 0.081 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.1839, 59.3925, 90.4641)
Luminance	0.5940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD5EF #EFA68C

analogous

#8CEFD8 #8CD5EF #8CA4EF

triadic

#8CD5EF #EF8CD5 #D5EF8C

tetradic

#8CD5EF #D88CEF #EFA68C #A4EF8C

square

#8CD5EF #D88CEF #EFA68C #A4EF8C

split-complementary

#8CD5EF #EF8CA4 #EFD88C

monochromatic

#21AEE0 #56C1E8 #8CD5EF #C2E9F6 #E4F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#8CD5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#8CD5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD5EF

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD5EF	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D1F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C6EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63DDDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 213, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.081 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e2f4',
    500: '#8cd5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd5ef;
$custom-light: #b2e2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.758,
    "s": 75.573,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83418,
    "c": 0.08115,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD5EF

secondary

#CB7455

accent

#430ED8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD5EF

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

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