#8DC6DA#8DC6DA

#8DC6DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.065 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8DC6DA
RGB	rgb(141, 198, 218)
HSL	hsl(196, 51%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(196, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 9.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, -13.48, -15.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 20.79, 229.59°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.0486 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.065 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.8292, 51.1103, 73.8719)
Luminance	0.5111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8DC6DA #DAA18D

analogous

#8DDAC7 #8DC6DA #8DA0DA

triadic

#8DC6DA #DA8DC6 #C6DA8D

tetradic

#8DC6DA #C78DDA #DAA18D #A0DA8D

square

#8DC6DA #C78DDA #DAA18D #A0DA8D

split-complementary

#8DC6DA #DA8DA0 #DAC78D

monochromatic

#3A93B3 #5FAFCB #8DC6DA #BBDDE9 #E8F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#8DC6DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#8DC6DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8DC6DA

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8DC6DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8DC6DA	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC3DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB9DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71CDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8dc6da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 198, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.065 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d7e5',
    500: '#8dc6da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8dc6da;
$custom-light: #b1d7e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8dc6da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.584,
    "s": 50.993,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79424,
    "c": 0.06519,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8DC6DA

secondary

#B1715A

accent

#4E27BE

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8DC6DA

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

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