#8DC4D9#8DC4D9

#8DC4D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.064 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8DC4D9
RGB	rgb(141, 196, 217)
HSL	hsl(197, 50%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(197, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 9.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.16, -12.68, -16.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.16, 20.55, 231.90°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% -0.0465 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.064 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.2447, 50.1499, 73.0334)
Luminance	0.5015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8DC4D9 #D9A28D

analogous

#8DD9C8 #8DC4D9 #8D9ED9

triadic

#8DC4D9 #D98DC4 #C4D98D

tetradic

#8DC4D9 #C88DD9 #D9A28D #9ED98D

square

#8DC4D9 #C88DD9 #D9A28D #9ED98D

split-complementary

#8DC4D9 #D98D9E #D9C88D

monochromatic

#3B90B1 #5FACCA #8DC4D9 #BBDCE8 #E8F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#8DC4D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#8DC4D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8DC4D9

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8DC4D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8DC4D9	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C1DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB8D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72CBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8dc4d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 196, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.064 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d5e4',
    500: '#8dc4d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8dc4d9;
$custom-light: #b1d5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8dc4d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.579,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7895,
    "c": 0.06427,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8DC4D9

secondary

#B0725A

accent

#5128BD

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8DC4D9

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

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