#8DC3E9#8DC3E9

#8DC3E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.078 H 239.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8DC3E9
RGB	rgb(141, 195, 233)
HSL	hsl(205, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(205, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 16.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.42, -8.08, -24.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.42, 25.72, 251.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% -0.0395 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.078 239.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.2027, 50.5734, 84.4548)
Luminance	0.5058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8DC3E9 #E9B38D

analogous

#8DE9E1 #8DC3E9 #8D95E9

triadic

#8DC3E9 #E98DC3 #C3E98D

tetradic

#8DC3E9 #E18DE9 #E9B38D #95E98D

square

#8DC3E9 #E18DE9 #E9B38D #95E98D

split-complementary

#8DC3E9 #E98D95 #E9E18D

monochromatic

#298DD3 #5AA8DF #8DC3E9 #C0DEF3 #E5F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#8DC3E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#8DC3E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8DC3E9

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8DC3E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8DC3E9	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C2EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B8E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BCDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8dc3e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 195, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.078 239.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d5f0',
    500: '#8dc3e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8dc3e9;
$custom-light: #b1d5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8dc3e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.783,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79331,
    "c": 0.07812,
    "h": 239.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8DC3E9

secondary

#C38457

accent

#6316D0

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8DC3E9

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

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