#8CD6E6#8CD6E6

#8CD6E6 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.077 H 212.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD6E6
RGB	rgb(140, 214, 230)
HSL	hsl(191, 64%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(191, 39%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.50, -18.96, -15.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.50, 24.25, 218.58°)
OKLab	oklab(83.32% -0.0644 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(83.32% 0.077 212.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.1396, 59.3785, 83.7194)
Luminance	0.5938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD6E6 #E69C8C

analogous

#8CE6C9 #8CD6E6 #8CA9E6

triadic

#8CD6E6 #E68CD6 #D6E68C

tetradic

#8CD6E6 #C98CE6 #E69C8C #A9E68C

square

#8CD6E6 #C98CE6 #E69C8C #A9E68C

split-complementary

#8CD6E6 #E68CA9 #E6C98C

monochromatic

#2CAFCB #5AC4DB #8CD6E6 #BEE8F1 #E6F6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#8CD6E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#8CD6E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD6E6

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD6E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD6E6	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)

#C9D1E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC6E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67DDDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd6e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 214, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.077 212.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e2ed',
    500: '#8cd6e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd6e6;
$custom-light: #b1e2ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd6e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.667,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83318,
    "c": 0.07665,
    "h": 212.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD6E6

secondary

#BF6957

accent

#3919CC

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFD

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD6E6

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

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