#8CD8EF#8CD8EF

#8CD8EF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.082 H 219.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD8EF
RGB	rgb(140, 216, 239)
HSL	hsl(194, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(194, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 9.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.33, -17.70, -18.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.33, 25.71, 226.51°)
OKLab	oklab(84.08% -0.0634 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(84.08% 0.082 219)
XYZ	xyz(50.9455, 60.9156, 90.7180)
Luminance	0.6092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD8EF #EFA38C

analogous

#8CEFD4 #8CD8EF #8CA7EF

triadic

#8CD8EF #EF8CD8 #D8EF8C

tetradic

#8CD8EF #D48CEF #EFA38C #A7EF8C

square

#8CD8EF #D48CEF #EFA38C #A7EF8C

split-complementary

#8CD8EF #EF8CA7 #EFD48C

monochromatic

#21B4E0 #56C6E8 #8CD8EF #C2EAF6 #E4F6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#8CD8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#8CD8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD8EF

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD8EF	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D4F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC8EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62E0DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 216, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.082 219.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e4f4',
    500: '#8cd8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd8ef;
$custom-light: #b2e4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.939,
    "s": 75.573,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84076,
    "c": 0.08156,
    "h": 219
  },
  "luminance": 0.60919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD8EF

secondary

#CB7055

accent

#3D0ED8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD8EF

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

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