#8CD9EA#8CD9EA

#8CD9EA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.079 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD9EA
RGB	rgb(140, 217, 234)
HSL	hsl(191, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(191, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 7.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.45, -19.47, -15.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.45, 25.08, 219.09°)
OKLab	oklab(84.12% -0.0665 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(84.12% 0.079 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.4740, 61.1382, 86.9671)
Luminance	0.6114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD9EA #EA9D8C

analogous

#8CEACC #8CD9EA #8CAAEA

triadic

#8CD9EA #EA8CD9 #D9EA8C

tetradic

#8CD9EA #CC8CEA #EA9D8C #AAEA8C

square

#8CD9EA #CC8CEA #EA9D8C #AAEA8C

split-complementary

#8CD9EA #EA8CAA #EACC8C

monochromatic

#27B5D5 #58C8E1 #8CD9EA #C0EAF3 #E5F6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#8CD9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.23

#8CD9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD9EA

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD9EA	1.00	1.59	13.23	13.23
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD4EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC8EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65E0DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 217, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.079 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e4f0',
    500: '#8cd9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd9ea;
$custom-light: #b2e4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.851,
    "s": 69.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84119,
    "c": 0.07941,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD9EA

secondary

#C46A56

accent

#3714D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD9EA

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

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