#8CD6EA#8CD6EA

#8CD6EA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.078 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD6EA
RGB	rgb(140, 214, 234)
HSL	hsl(193, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(193, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 8.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.62, -17.95, -17.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.62, 24.77, 223.55°)
OKLab	oklab(83.46% -0.0629 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(83.46% 0.078 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.7078, 59.6057, 86.7117)
Luminance	0.5961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD6EA #EAA08C

analogous

#8CEACF #8CD6EA #8CA7EA

triadic

#8CD6EA #EA8CD6 #D6EA8C

tetradic

#8CD6EA #CF8CEA #EAA08C #A7EA8C

square

#8CD6EA #CF8CEA #EAA08C #A7EA8C

split-complementary

#8CD6EA #EA8CA7 #EACF8C

monochromatic

#27B0D5 #58C4E1 #8CD6EA #C0E8F3 #E5F6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#8CD6EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#8CD6EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD6EA

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD6EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD6EA	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D1EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65DEDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd6ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 214, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.078 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e2f0',
    500: '#8cd6ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd6ea;
$custom-light: #b1e2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd6ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.766,
    "s": 69.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83458,
    "c": 0.07847,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD6EA

secondary

#C46D56

accent

#3D14D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD6EA

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

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