#8CDCEC#8CDCEC

#8CDCEC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.081 H 211.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CDCEC
RGB	rgb(140, 220, 236)
HSL	hsl(190, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(190, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 6.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.34, -20.47, -15.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.34, 25.70, 217.20°)
OKLab	oklab(84.85% -0.0692 -0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(84.85% 0.081 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.5433, 62.8144, 88.7489)
Luminance	0.6282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CDCEC #EC9C8C

analogous

#8CECCC #8CDCEC #8CACEC

triadic

#8CDCEC #EC8CDC #DCEC8C

tetradic

#8CDCEC #CC8CEC #EC9C8C #ACEC8C

square

#8CDCEC #CC8CEC #EC9C8C #ACEC8C

split-complementary

#8CDCEC #EC8CAC #ECCC8C

monochromatic

#24BBDA #57CCE3 #8CDCEC #C1ECF5 #E5F7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#8CDCEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.56

#8CDCEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CDCEC

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CDCEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CDCEC	1.00	1.55	13.56	13.56
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD6ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFCBEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63E3E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cdcec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 220, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.081 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e7f2',
    500: '#8cdcec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cdcec;
$custom-light: #b2e7f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cdcec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 71.642,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84851,
    "c": 0.08133,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CDCEC

secondary

#C76855

accent

#3212D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111616

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CDCEC

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

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