#8CD9EC#8CD9EC

#8CD9EC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.080 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD9EC
RGB	rgb(140, 217, 236)
HSL	hsl(192, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(192, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 8.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.52, -18.96, -16.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.52, 25.33, 221.52°)
OKLab	oklab(84.19% -0.0657 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(84.19% 0.08 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.7630, 61.2538, 88.4888)
Luminance	0.6126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD9EC #EC9F8C

analogous

#8CECCF #8CD9EC #8CA9EC

triadic

#8CD9EC #EC8CD9 #D9EC8C

tetradic

#8CD9EC #CF8CEC #EC9F8C #A9EC8C

square

#8CD9EC #CF8CEC #EC9F8C #A9EC8C

split-complementary

#8CD9EC #EC8CA9 #ECCF8C

monochromatic

#24B6DA #57C8E3 #8CD9EC #C1EAF5 #E5F6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#8CD9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.25

#8CD9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD9EC

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD9EC	1.00	1.58	13.25	13.25
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD4ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC8EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63E0DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 217, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.080 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e4f2',
    500: '#8cd9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd9ec;
$custom-light: #b2e4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.875,
    "s": 71.642,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84189,
    "c": 0.08028,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD9EC

secondary

#C76C55

accent

#3812D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD9EC

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

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