#8DC6DC#8DC6DC

#8DC6DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.067 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8DC6DC
RGB	rgb(141, 198, 220)
HSL	hsl(197, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(197, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 10%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, -12.98, -16.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 21.24, 232.34°)
OKLab	oklab(79.5% -0.0479 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(79.5% 0.067 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.0925, 51.2156, 75.2585)
Luminance	0.5122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8DC6DC #DCA38D

analogous

#8DDCCA #8DC6DC #8D9EDC

triadic

#8DC6DC #DC8DC6 #C6DC8D

tetradic

#8DC6DC #CA8DDC #DCA38D #9EDC8D

square

#8DC6DC #CA8DDC #DCA38D #9EDC8D

split-complementary

#8DC6DC #DC8D9E #DCCA8D

monochromatic

#3893B7 #5EAFCE #8DC6DC #BCDDEA #E8F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#8DC6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#8DC6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8DC6DC

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8DC6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8DC6DC	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC3DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70CDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8dc6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 198, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.067 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d7e6',
    500: '#8dc6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8dc6dc;
$custom-light: #b1d7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8dc6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.709,
    "s": 53.02,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79496,
    "c": 0.0665,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8DC6DC

secondary

#B3735A

accent

#5025C0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8DC6DC

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

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