#8CD8EB#8CD8EB

#8CD8EB is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.080 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD8EB
RGB	rgb(140, 216, 235)
HSL	hsl(192, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(192, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 8.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.21, -18.71, -16.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.21, 25.09, 221.78°)
OKLab	oklab(83.93% -0.0649 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(83.93% 0.08 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.3611, 60.6819, 87.6402)
Luminance	0.6069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD8EB #EB9F8C

analogous

#8CEBCE #8CD8EB #8CA8EB

triadic

#8CD8EB #EB8CD8 #D8EB8C

tetradic

#8CD8EB #CE8CEB #EB9F8C #A8EB8C

square

#8CD8EB #CE8CEB #EB9F8C #A8EB8C

split-complementary

#8CD8EB #EB8CA8 #EBCE8C

monochromatic

#25B4D7 #58C6E2 #8CD8EB #C0EAF4 #E5F6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#8CD8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.14

#8CD8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD8EB

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD8EB	1.00	1.60	13.14	13.14
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD3EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64DFDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 216, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.080 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e4f1',
    500: '#8cd8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd8eb;
$custom-light: #b2e4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83934,
    "c": 0.07952,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD8EB

secondary

#C56C56

accent

#3913D2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD8EB

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

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