#8CD6EC#8CD6EC

#8CD6EC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.080 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD6EC
RGB	rgb(140, 214, 236)
HSL	hsl(194, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(194, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 9.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.69, -17.44, -18.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.69, 25.09, 225.96°)
OKLab	oklab(83.53% -0.0621 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(83.53% 0.08 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.9967, 59.7213, 88.2334)
Luminance	0.5972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD6EC #ECA28C

analogous

#8CECD2 #8CD6EC #8CA6EC

triadic

#8CD6EC #EC8CD6 #D6EC8C

tetradic

#8CD6EC #D28CEC #ECA28C #A6EC8C

square

#8CD6EC #D28CEC #ECA28C #A6EC8C

split-complementary

#8CD6EC #EC8CA6 #ECD28C

monochromatic

#24B0DA #57C3E3 #8CD6EC #C1E9F5 #E5F6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#8CD6EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#8CD6EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD6EC

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD6EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD6EC	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D2ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64DEDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd6ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 214, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.080 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e2f2',
    500: '#8cd6ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd6ec;
$custom-light: #b2e2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd6ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.75,
    "s": 71.642,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83529,
    "c": 0.07951,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD6EC

secondary

#C76F55

accent

#3E12D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD6EC

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

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