#8CD7EC#8CD7EC

#8CD7EC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.080 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD7EC
RGB	rgb(140, 215, 236)
HSL	hsl(193, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(193, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 8.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.96, -17.95, -17.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.96, 25.15, 224.46°)
OKLab	oklab(83.75% -0.0633 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(83.75% 0.08 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.2506, 60.2290, 88.3180)
Luminance	0.6023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD7EC #ECA18C

analogous

#8CECD1 #8CD7EC #8CA7EC

triadic

#8CD7EC #EC8CD7 #D7EC8C

tetradic

#8CD7EC #D18CEC #ECA18C #A7EC8C

square

#8CD7EC #D18CEC #ECA18C #A7EC8C

split-complementary

#8CD7EC #EC8CA7 #ECD18C

monochromatic

#24B2DA #57C5E3 #8CD7EC #C1E9F5 #E5F6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#8CD7EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#8CD7EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD7EC

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD7EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD7EC	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D2ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64DFDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd7ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 215, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.080 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e3f2',
    500: '#8cd7ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd7ec;
$custom-light: #b2e3f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd7ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.125,
    "s": 71.642,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83749,
    "c": 0.07974,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD7EC

secondary

#C76E55

accent

#3C12D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD7EC

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

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