#8DC4E9#8DC4E9

#8DC4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.078 H 238.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8DC4E9
RGB	rgb(141, 196, 233)
HSL	hsl(204, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(204, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 15.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, -8.61, -24.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 25.50, 250.26°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% -0.0407 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.078 238.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.4275, 51.0230, 84.5297)
Luminance	0.5103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8DC4E9 #E9B28D

analogous

#8DE9E0 #8DC4E9 #8D96E9

triadic

#8DC4E9 #E98DC4 #C4E98D

tetradic

#8DC4E9 #E08DE9 #E9B28D #96E98D

square

#8DC4E9 #E08DE9 #E9B28D #96E98D

split-complementary

#8DC4E9 #E98D96 #E9E08D

monochromatic

#298ED3 #5AA9DF #8DC4E9 #C0DFF3 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#8DC4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#8DC4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8DC4E9

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8DC4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8DC4E9	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C3EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B9E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BCDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8dc4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 196, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.078 238.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d5f0',
    500: '#8dc4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8dc4e9;
$custom-light: #b1d5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8dc4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.13,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79547,
    "c": 0.07775,
    "h": 238.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8DC4E9

secondary

#C38357

accent

#6116D0

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8DC4E9

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

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