#8CD8EA#8CD8EA

#8CD8EA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.079 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD8EA
RGB	rgb(140, 216, 234)
HSL	hsl(191, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(191, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 7.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.18, -18.96, -16.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.18, 24.96, 220.57°)
OKLab	oklab(83.9% -0.0653 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(83.9% 0.079 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.2171, 60.6243, 86.8814)
Luminance	0.6063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD8EA #EA9E8C

analogous

#8CEACD #8CD8EA #8CA9EA

triadic

#8CD8EA #EA8CD8 #D8EA8C

tetradic

#8CD8EA #CD8CEA #EA9E8C #A9EA8C

square

#8CD8EA #CD8CEA #EA9E8C #A9EA8C

split-complementary

#8CD8EA #EA8CA9 #EACD8C

monochromatic

#27B3D5 #58C6E1 #8CD8EA #C0EAF3 #E5F6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#8CD8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.13

#8CD8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD8EA

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD8EA	1.00	1.60	13.13	13.13
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD3EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65DFDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 216, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.079 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e4f0',
    500: '#8cd8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd8ea;
$custom-light: #b2e4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.489,
    "s": 69.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83898,
    "c": 0.07906,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD8EA

secondary

#C46B56

accent

#3914D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD8EA

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

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