#8DC4E4#8DC4E4

#8DC4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.073 H 234.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8DC4E4
RGB	rgb(141, 196, 228)
HSL	hsl(202, 62%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(202, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.2%, 14%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.52, -9.90, -21.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.52, 23.73, 245.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.0425 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.073 234.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.7234, 50.7414, 80.8212)
Luminance	0.5074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8DC4E4 #E4AD8D

analogous

#8DE4D9 #8DC4E4 #8D99E4

triadic

#8DC4E4 #E48DC4 #C4E48D

tetradic

#8DC4E4 #D98DE4 #E4AD8D #99E48D

square

#8DC4E4 #D98DE4 #E4AD8D #99E48D

split-complementary

#8DC4E4 #E48D99 #E4D98D

monochromatic

#2F8FC7 #5CAAD8 #8DC4E4 #BEDEF0 #E6F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#8DC4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#8DC4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8DC4E4

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8DC4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8DC4E4	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C2E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B9E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DCDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8dc4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 196, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.073 234.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d5ec',
    500: '#8dc4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8dc4e4;
$custom-light: #b1d5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8dc4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.069,
    "s": 61.702,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79355,
    "c": 0.07302,
    "h": 234.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8DC4E4

secondary

#BD7D58

accent

#5C1CC9

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8DC4E4

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

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