#8DC6DB#8DC6DB

#8DC6DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.066 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8DC6DB
RGB	rgb(141, 198, 219)
HSL	hsl(196, 52%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(196, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 9.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.78, -13.23, -16.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.78, 21.01, 230.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.46% -0.0483 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(79.46% 0.066 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.9605, 51.1628, 74.5631)
Luminance	0.5117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8DC6DB #DBA28D

analogous

#8DDBC9 #8DC6DB #8D9FDB

triadic

#8DC6DB #DB8DC6 #C6DB8D

tetradic

#8DC6DB #C98DDB #DBA28D #9FDB8D

square

#8DC6DB #C98DDB #DBA28D #9FDB8D

split-complementary

#8DC6DB #DB8D9F #DBC98D

monochromatic

#3993B5 #5EAFCC #8DC6DB #BCDDEA #E8F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#8DC6DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#8DC6DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8DC6DB

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8DC6DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8DC6DB	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)

#BAC3DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB9DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71CDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8dc6db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 198, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.066 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d7e6',
    500: '#8dc6db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8dc6db;
$custom-light: #b1d7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8dc6db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.154,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7946,
    "c": 0.06584,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8DC6DB

secondary

#B2725A

accent

#4F26BF

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8DC6DB

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

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