#8CD6EE#8CD6EE

#8CD6EE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.081 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD6EE
RGB	rgb(140, 214, 238)
HSL	hsl(195, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(195, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 10.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.75, -16.93, -19.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.75, 25.45, 228.30°)
OKLab	oklab(83.6% -0.0614 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(83.6% 0.081 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.2889, 59.8382, 89.7723)
Luminance	0.5984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD6EE #EEA48C

analogous

#8CEED5 #8CD6EE #8CA5EE

triadic

#8CD6EE #EE8CD6 #D6EE8C

tetradic

#8CD6EE #D58CEE #EEA48C #A5EE8C

square

#8CD6EE #D58CEE #EEA48C #A5EE8C

split-complementary

#8CD6EE #EE8CA5 #EED58C

monochromatic

#21B0DE #57C3E6 #8CD6EE #C1E9F6 #E4F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#8CD6EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#8CD6EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD6EE

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD6EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD6EE	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D2EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C6EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63DEDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd6ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 214, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.081 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e2f3',
    500: '#8cd6ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd6ee;
$custom-light: #b2e2f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd6ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.694,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83601,
    "c": 0.08065,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD6EE

secondary

#C97155

accent

#400FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD6EE

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

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