#8CD8EC#8CD8EC

#8CD8EC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.080 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD8EC
RGB	rgb(140, 216, 236)
HSL	hsl(193, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(193, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 8.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.24, -18.46, -17.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.24, 25.23, 222.98°)
OKLab	oklab(83.97% -0.0645 -0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(83.97% 0.08 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.5060, 60.7398, 88.4032)
Luminance	0.6074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD8EC #ECA08C

analogous

#8CECD0 #8CD8EC #8CA8EC

triadic

#8CD8EC #EC8CD8 #D8EC8C

tetradic

#8CD8EC #D08CEC #ECA08C #A8EC8C

square

#8CD8EC #D08CEC #ECA08C #A8EC8C

split-complementary

#8CD8EC #EC8CA8 #ECD08C

monochromatic

#24B4DA #57C6E3 #8CD8EC #C1EAF5 #E5F6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#8CD8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#8CD8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD8EC

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD8EC	1.00	1.60	13.15	13.15
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD3ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC8EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64E0DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 216, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.080 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e4f2',
    500: '#8cd8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd8ec;
$custom-light: #b2e4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.5,
    "s": 71.642,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83969,
    "c": 0.07999,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD8EC

secondary

#C76D55

accent

#3A12D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD8EC

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

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