#8DC4E1#8DC4E1

#8DC4E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.070 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8DC4E1
RGB	rgb(141, 196, 225)
HSL	hsl(201, 58%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(201, 37%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 12.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.42, -10.67, -20.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.42, 22.76, 242.03°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% -0.0435 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.07 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.3105, 50.5762, 78.6469)
Luminance	0.5058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8DC4E1 #E1AA8D

analogous

#8DE1D4 #8DC4E1 #8D9AE1

triadic

#8DC4E1 #E18DC4 #C4E18D

tetradic

#8DC4E1 #D48DE1 #E1AA8D #9AE18D

square

#8DC4E1 #D48DE1 #E1AA8D #9AE18D

split-complementary

#8DC4E1 #E18D9A #E1D48D

monochromatic

#3390C1 #5DABD4 #8DC4E1 #BDDDEE #E7F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#8DC4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#8DC4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8DC4E1

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8DC4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8DC4E1	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)

#B6C2E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB8E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FCCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8dc4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 196, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.070 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d5ea',
    500: '#8dc4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8dc4e1;
$custom-light: #b1d5ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8dc4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.714,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79242,
    "c": 0.07039,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8DC4E1

secondary

#B97A59

accent

#5920C6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8DC4E1

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

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