#8CD9EB#8CD9EB

#8CD9EB is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.080 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD9EB
RGB	rgb(140, 217, 235)
HSL	hsl(191, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(191, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 7.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.48, -19.22, -16.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.48, 25.20, 220.31°)
OKLab	oklab(84.15% -0.0661 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(84.15% 0.08 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.6181, 61.1958, 87.7258)
Luminance	0.6120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD9EB #EB9E8C

analogous

#8CEBCD #8CD9EB #8CA9EB

triadic

#8CD9EB #EB8CD9 #D9EB8C

tetradic

#8CD9EB #CD8CEB #EB9E8C #A9EB8C

square

#8CD9EB #CD8CEB #EB9E8C #A9EB8C

split-complementary

#8CD9EB #EB8CA9 #EBCD8C

monochromatic

#25B5D7 #58C8E2 #8CD9EB #C0EAF4 #E5F6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#8CD9EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#8CD9EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD9EB

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD9EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD9EB	1.00	1.59	13.24	13.24
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64E0DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd9eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 217, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.080 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e4f1',
    500: '#8cd9eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd9eb;
$custom-light: #b2e4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd9eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.368,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84154,
    "c": 0.07983,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD9EB

secondary

#C56B56

accent

#3713D2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD9EB

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

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