#8CD9EE#8CD9EE

#8CD9EE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.081 H 217.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD9EE
RGB	rgb(140, 217, 238)
HSL	hsl(193, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(193, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 8.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.58, -18.46, -17.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.58, 25.61, 223.89°)
OKLab	oklab(84.26% -0.0649 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(84.26% 0.081 217)
XYZ	xyz(51.0552, 61.3707, 90.0277)
Luminance	0.6137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD9EE #EEA18C

analogous

#8CEED2 #8CD9EE #8CA8EE

triadic

#8CD9EE #EE8CD9 #D9EE8C

tetradic

#8CD9EE #D28CEE #EEA18C #A8EE8C

square

#8CD9EE #D28CEE #EEA18C #A8EE8C

split-complementary

#8CD9EE #EE8CA8 #EED28C

monochromatic

#21B6DE #57C7E6 #8CD9EE #C1EBF6 #E4F6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#8CD9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#8CD9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD9EE

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD9EE	1.00	1.58	13.27	13.27
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD4EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC8EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62E1DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 217, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.081 217.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e4f3',
    500: '#8cd9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd9ee;
$custom-light: #b2e4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.857,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8426,
    "c": 0.08125,
    "h": 217
  },
  "luminance": 0.61374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD9EE

secondary

#C96E55

accent

#3A0FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD9EE

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

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