#8CD6EF#8CD6EF

#8CD6EF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.081 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD6EF
RGB	rgb(140, 214, 239)
HSL	hsl(195, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(195, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 10.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.78, -16.68, -19.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.78, 25.65, 229.44°)
OKLab	oklab(83.64% -0.061 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(83.64% 0.081 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.4362, 59.8971, 90.5482)
Luminance	0.5990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD6EF #EFA58C

analogous

#8CEFD7 #8CD6EF #8CA5EF

triadic

#8CD6EF #EF8CD6 #D6EF8C

tetradic

#8CD6EF #D78CEF #EFA58C #A5EF8C

square

#8CD6EF #D78CEF #EFA58C #A5EF8C

split-complementary

#8CD6EF #EF8CA5 #EFD78C

monochromatic

#21B0E0 #56C3E8 #8CD6EF #C2E9F6 #E4F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#8CD6EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#8CD6EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD6EF

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD6EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD6EF	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C6EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62DEDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd6ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 214, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.081 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e2f4',
    500: '#8cd6ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd6ef;
$custom-light: #b2e2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd6ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.152,
    "s": 75.573,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83637,
    "c": 0.08126,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD6EF

secondary

#CB7255

accent

#410ED8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD6EF

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

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