#8CDCED#8CDCED

#8CDCED is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.082 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CDCED
RGB	rgb(140, 220, 237)
HSL	hsl(191, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(191, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 7.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.38, -20.22, -16.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.38, 25.80, 218.40°)
OKLab	oklab(84.89% -0.0688 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(84.89% 0.082 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.6890, 62.8726, 89.5162)
Luminance	0.6288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CDCED #ED9D8C

analogous

#8CEDCD #8CDCED #8CACED

triadic

#8CDCED #ED8CDC #DCED8C

tetradic

#8CDCED #CD8CED #ED9D8C #ACED8C

square

#8CDCED #CD8CED #ED9D8C #ACED8C

split-complementary

#8CDCED #ED8CAC #EDCD8C

monochromatic

#22BCDC #57CCE5 #8CDCED #C1ECF5 #E5F7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#8CDCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.58

#8CDCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CDCED

13.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CDCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CDCED	1.00	1.55	13.58	13.58
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFCBED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62E3E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cdced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 220, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.082 212.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cdced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.515,
    "s": 72.932,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84886,
    "c": 0.08172,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CDCED

secondary

#C86955

accent

#3310D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CDCED

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

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