#8DC2DD#8DC2DD

#8DC2DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.067 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8DC2DD
RGB	rgb(141, 194, 221)
HSL	hsl(200, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(200, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 12.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.74, -10.63, -18.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.74, 21.75, 240.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% -0.0425 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.067 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.3231, 49.4643, 75.6574)
Luminance	0.4947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8DC2DD #DDA88D

analogous

#8DDDD0 #8DC2DD #8D9ADD

triadic

#8DC2DD #DD8DC2 #C2DD8D

tetradic

#8DC2DD #D08DDD #DDA88D #9ADD8D

square

#8DC2DD #D08DDD #DDA88D #9ADD8D

split-complementary

#8DC2DD #DD8D9A #DDD08D

monochromatic

#378DB9 #5EA9CF #8DC2DD #BCDBEB #E7F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#8DC2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#8DC2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8DC2DD

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8DC2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8DC2DD	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B7DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71CACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8dc2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 194, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.067 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d4e7',
    500: '#8dc2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8dc2dd;
$custom-light: #b1d4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8dc2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.25,
    "s": 54.054,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78658,
    "c": 0.06729,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8DC2DD

secondary

#EEDFD8

accent

#5924C2

background

#FBFDFE

surface

#F6FAFC

border

#D0D3D5

text

#111416

muted

#808384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8DC2DD

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

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