#8DC6E3#8DC6E3

#8DC6E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.072 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8DC6E3
RGB	rgb(141, 198, 227)
HSL	hsl(200, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(200, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 12.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.04, -11.21, -20.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.04, 23.14, 241.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% -0.0453 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.072 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.0391, 51.5943, 80.2436)
Luminance	0.5160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8DC6E3 #E3AA8D

analogous

#8DE3D5 #8DC6E3 #8D9BE3

triadic

#8DC6E3 #E38DC6 #C6E38D

tetradic

#8DC6E3 #D58DE3 #E3AA8D #9BE38D

square

#8DC6E3 #D58DE3 #E3AA8D #9BE38D

split-complementary

#8DC6E3 #E38D9B #E3D58D

monochromatic

#3093C5 #5CADD7 #8DC6E3 #BEDFEF #E6F3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#8DC6E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#8DC6E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8DC6E3

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8DC6E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8DC6E3	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C4E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBAE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DCECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8dc6e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 198, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.072 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d7eb',
    500: '#8dc6e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8dc6e3;
$custom-light: #b1d7eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8dc6e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.233,
    "s": 60.563,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79752,
    "c": 0.0718,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8DC6E3

secondary

#BC7A59

accent

#571DC8

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8DC6E3

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

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