#8DC4E6#8DC4E6

#8DC4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.075 H 236.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8DC4E6
RGB	rgb(141, 196, 230)
HSL	hsl(203, 64%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(203, 39%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 14.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, -9.39, -22.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 24.42, 247.39°)
OKLab	oklab(79.43% -0.0417 -0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(79.43% 0.075 236.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.0026, 50.8531, 82.2919)
Luminance	0.5086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8DC4E6 #E6AF8D

analogous

#8DE6DB #8DC4E6 #8D98E6

triadic

#8DC4E6 #E68DC4 #C4E68D

tetradic

#8DC4E6 #DB8DE6 #E6AF8D #98E68D

square

#8DC4E6 #DB8DE6 #E6AF8D #98E68D

split-complementary

#8DC4E6 #E68D98 #E6DB8D

monochromatic

#2D8FCC #5BAADB #8DC4E6 #BFDEF1 #E6F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#8DC4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#8DC4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8DC4E6

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8DC4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8DC4E6	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C3E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CCDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8dc4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 196, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.075 236.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d5ee',
    500: '#8dc4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8dc4e6;
$custom-light: #b1d5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8dc4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.921,
    "s": 64.029,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79431,
    "c": 0.07486,
    "h": 236.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8DC4E6

secondary

#BF7F58

accent

#5E1ACC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8DC4E6

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

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