#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
RGBrgb(141, 198, 227)
HSLhsl(200, 61%, 72%)
HSVhsv(200, 38%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(37.9%, 12.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(77.04, -11.21, -20.24)
CIE-LCHlch(77.04, 23.14, 241.02°)
OKLaboklab(79.75% -0.0453 -0.0557)
OKLCHoklch(79.75% 0.072 230.9)
XYZxyz(45.0391, 51.5943, 80.2436)
Luminance0.5160 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##8DC6E31.001.8611.3211.32
#FFFFFF1.861.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3221.001.001.00
##00000011.3221.001.001.00

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

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#8DC6E3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva