#8DC4E2#8DC4E2

#8DC4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.071 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8DC4E2
RGB	rgb(141, 196, 226)
HSL	hsl(201, 59%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(201, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 13.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.45, -10.42, -20.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.45, 23.07, 243.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% -0.0432 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.071 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.4473, 50.6310, 79.3675)
Luminance	0.5063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8DC4E2 #E2AB8D

analogous

#8DE2D5 #8DC4E2 #8D9AE2

triadic

#8DC4E2 #E28DC4 #C4E28D

tetradic

#8DC4E2 #D58DE2 #E2AB8D #9AE28D

square

#8DC4E2 #D58DE2 #E2AB8D #9AE28D

split-complementary

#8DC4E2 #E28D9A #E2D58D

monochromatic

#3290C3 #5CABD6 #8DC4E2 #BEDDEE #E7F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#8DC4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#8DC4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8DC4E2

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8DC4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8DC4E2	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C2E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB8E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ECCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8dc4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 196, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.071 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d5eb',
    500: '#8dc4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8dc4e2;
$custom-light: #b1d5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8dc4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.176,
    "s": 59.441,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7928,
    "c": 0.07124,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8DC4E2

secondary

#BA7B59

accent

#5A1EC7

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8DC4E2

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

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