#8DC4EB#8DC4EB

#8DC4EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.080 H 239.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8DC4EB
RGB	rgb(141, 196, 235)
HSL	hsl(205, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(205, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 16.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.76, -8.09, -24.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.76, 26.25, 252.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% -0.04 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.08 239.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.7148, 51.1380, 86.0429)
Luminance	0.5114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8DC4EB #EBB48D

analogous

#8DEBE3 #8DC4EB #8D95EB

triadic

#8DC4EB #EB8DC4 #C4EB8D

tetradic

#8DC4EB #E38DEB #EBB48D #95EB8D

square

#8DC4EB #E38DEB #EBB48D #95EB8D

split-complementary

#8DC4EB #EB8D95 #EBE38D

monochromatic

#268ED8 #59A9E2 #8DC4EB #C1DFF4 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#8DC4EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#8DC4EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8DC4EB

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8DC4EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8DC4EB	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C3ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B9EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ACED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8dc4eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 196, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.080 239.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d5f1',
    500: '#8dc4eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8dc4eb;
$custom-light: #b2d5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8dc4eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.894,
    "s": 70.149,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79625,
    "c": 0.07973,
    "h": 239.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8DC4EB

secondary

#C68557

accent

#6313D2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8DC4EB

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

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