#8DC6D9#8DC6D9

#8DC6D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.065 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8DC6D9
RGB	rgb(141, 198, 217)
HSL	hsl(195, 50%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(195, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 8.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.71, -13.73, -15.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.71, 20.58, 228.18°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% -0.049 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.065 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.6988, 51.0581, 73.1848)
Luminance	0.5106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8DC6D9 #D9A08D

analogous

#8DD9C6 #8DC6D9 #8DA0D9

triadic

#8DC6D9 #D98DC6 #C6D98D

tetradic

#8DC6D9 #C68DD9 #D9A08D #A0D98D

square

#8DC6D9 #C68DD9 #D9A08D #A0D98D

split-complementary

#8DC6D9 #D98DA0 #D9C68D

monochromatic

#3B93B1 #5FAFCA #8DC6D9 #BBDDE8 #E8F4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#8DC6D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#8DC6D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8DC6D9

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8DC6D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8DC6D9	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)

#BAC3DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB9D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72CDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8dc6d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 198, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.065 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d7e4',
    500: '#8dc6d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8dc6d9;
$custom-light: #b1d7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8dc6d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79389,
    "c": 0.06458,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8DC6D9

secondary

#B0705A

accent

#4D28BD

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8DC6D9

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

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