#8DC6EA#8DC6EA

#8DC6EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.078 H 236.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8DC6EA
RGB	rgb(141, 198, 234)
HSL	hsl(203, 69%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(203, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 15.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.27, -9.41, -23.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.27, 25.45, 248.31°)
OKLab	oklab(80.02% -0.0428 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(80.02% 0.078 236.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.0249, 51.9886, 85.4355)
Luminance	0.5199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8DC6EA #EAB18D

analogous

#8DEADF #8DC6EA #8D97EA

triadic

#8DC6EA #EA8DC6 #C6EA8D

tetradic

#8DC6EA #DF8DEA #EAB18D #97EA8D

square

#8DC6EA #DF8DEA #EAB18D #97EA8D

split-complementary

#8DC6EA #EA8D97 #EADF8D

monochromatic

#2792D5 #59ACE0 #8DC6EA #C1E0F4 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#8DC6EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#8DC6EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8DC6EA

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8DC6EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8DC6EA	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C5EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BAE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ACFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8dc6ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 198, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.078 236.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d7f0',
    500: '#8dc6ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8dc6ea;
$custom-light: #b2d7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8dc6ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.226,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80018,
    "c": 0.07804,
    "h": 236.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8DC6EA

secondary

#C48157

accent

#5E15D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8DC6EA

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

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