#8CD6EB#8CD6EB

#8CD6EB is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.079 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD6EB
RGB	rgb(140, 214, 235)
HSL	hsl(193, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(193, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 8.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.65, -17.70, -17.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.65, 24.93, 224.76°)
OKLab	oklab(83.49% -0.0625 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(83.49% 0.079 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.8519, 59.6634, 87.4704)
Luminance	0.5967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD6EB #EBA18C

analogous

#8CEBD0 #8CD6EB #8CA6EB

triadic

#8CD6EB #EB8CD6 #D6EB8C

tetradic

#8CD6EB #D08CEB #EBA18C #A6EB8C

square

#8CD6EB #D08CEB #EBA18C #A6EB8C

split-complementary

#8CD6EB #EB8CA6 #EBD08C

monochromatic

#25B0D7 #58C3E2 #8CD6EB #C0E9F4 #E5F6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#8CD6EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#8CD6EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD6EB

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD6EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD6EB	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D2EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C6EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65DEDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd6eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 214, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.079 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e2f1',
    500: '#8cd6eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd6eb;
$custom-light: #b2e2f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd6eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.263,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83493,
    "c": 0.07898,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD6EB

secondary

#C56E56

accent

#3D13D2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD6EB

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

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