#8CD8EE#8CD8EE

#8CD8EE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.081 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD8EE
RGB	rgb(140, 216, 238)
HSL	hsl(193, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(193, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 9.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.30, -17.95, -18.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.30, 25.54, 225.35°)
OKLab	oklab(84.04% -0.0637 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(84.04% 0.081 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.7982, 60.8567, 89.9421)
Luminance	0.6086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD8EE #EEA28C

analogous

#8CEED3 #8CD8EE #8CA7EE

triadic

#8CD8EE #EE8CD8 #D8EE8C

tetradic

#8CD8EE #D38CEE #EEA28C #A7EE8C

square

#8CD8EE #D38CEE #EEA28C #A7EE8C

split-complementary

#8CD8EE #EE8CA7 #EED38C

monochromatic

#21B4DE #57C6E6 #8CD8EE #C1EAF6 #E4F6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#8CD8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#8CD8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD8EE

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD8EE	1.00	1.59	13.17	13.17
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD3EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC8EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63E0DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 216, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.081 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e4f3',
    500: '#8cd8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd8ee;
$custom-light: #b2e4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.469,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8404,
    "c": 0.08101,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD8EE

secondary

#C96F55

accent

#3C0FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD8EE

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

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