#8DC5EA#8DC5EA

#8DC5EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.078 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8DC5EA
RGB	rgb(141, 197, 234)
HSL	hsl(204, 69%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(204, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 15.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.00, -8.88, -24.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.00, 25.65, 249.75°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% -0.0416 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.078 238)
XYZ	xyz(45.7971, 51.5330, 85.3596)
Luminance	0.5154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8DC5EA #EAB28D

analogous

#8DEAE0 #8DC5EA #8D96EA

triadic

#8DC5EA #EA8DC5 #C5EA8D

tetradic

#8DC5EA #E08DEA #EAB28D #96EA8D

square

#8DC5EA #E08DEA #EAB28D #96EA8D

split-complementary

#8DC5EA #EA8D96 #EAE08D

monochromatic

#2790D5 #59ABE0 #8DC5EA #C1DFF4 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#8DC5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#8DC5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8DC5EA

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8DC5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8DC5EA	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BAE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ACED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8dc5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 197, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.078 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d6f0',
    500: '#8dc5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8dc5ea;
$custom-light: #b2d6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8dc5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.871,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79802,
    "c": 0.07837,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.51536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8DC5EA

secondary

#C48257

accent

#6015D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8DC5EA

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

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