#8DC4E7#8DC4E7

#8DC4E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.076 H 236.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8DC4E7
RGB	rgb(141, 196, 231)
HSL	hsl(203, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(203, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 15.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, -9.13, -23.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 24.77, 248.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% -0.0414 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.076 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.1434, 50.9094, 83.0336)
Luminance	0.5091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8DC4E7 #E7B08D

analogous

#8DE7DD #8DC4E7 #8D97E7

triadic

#8DC4E7 #E78DC4 #C4E78D

tetradic

#8DC4E7 #DD8DE7 #E7B08D #97E78D

square

#8DC4E7 #DD8DE7 #E7B08D #97E78D

split-complementary

#8DC4E7 #E78D97 #E7DD8D

monochromatic

#2B8FCE #5AAADC #8DC4E7 #C0DEF2 #E6F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#8DC4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#8DC4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8DC4E7

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8DC4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8DC4E7	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C3E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B9E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CCDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8dc4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 196, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.076 236.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d5ee',
    500: '#8dc4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8dc4e7;
$custom-light: #b1d5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8dc4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.333,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7947,
    "c": 0.07581,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8DC4E7

secondary

#C18058

accent

#5F18CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8DC4E7

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

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