#8DC4E8#8DC4E8

#8DC4E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.077 H 237.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8DC4E8
RGB	rgb(141, 196, 232)
HSL	hsl(204, 66%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(204, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 15.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.66, -8.87, -23.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.66, 25.13, 249.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.51% -0.041 -0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(79.51% 0.077 237.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.2851, 50.9661, 83.7795)
Luminance	0.5097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8DC4E8 #E8B18D

analogous

#8DE8DE #8DC4E8 #8D96E8

triadic

#8DC4E8 #E88DC4 #C4E88D

tetradic

#8DC4E8 #DE8DE8 #E8B18D #96E88D

square

#8DC4E8 #DE8DE8 #E8B18D #96E88D

split-complementary

#8DC4E8 #E88D96 #E8DE8D

monochromatic

#2A8FD1 #5AAADE #8DC4E8 #C0DEF2 #E6F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#8DC4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#8DC4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8DC4E8

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8DC4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8DC4E8	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C3EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BCDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8dc4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 196, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.077 237.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d5ef',
    500: '#8dc4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8dc4e8;
$custom-light: #b1d5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8dc4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.736,
    "s": 66.423,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79508,
    "c": 0.07677,
    "h": 237.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8DC4E8

secondary

#C28157

accent

#6017CE

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8DC4E8

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

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