#8DC6EB#8DC6EB

#8DC6EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.079 H 237.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8DC6EB
RGB	rgb(141, 198, 235)
HSL	hsl(204, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(204, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 15.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.31, -9.15, -24.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.31, 25.81, 249.24°)
OKLab	oklab(80.06% -0.0424 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(80.06% 0.079 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.1689, 52.0462, 86.1943)
Luminance	0.5205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8DC6EB #EBB28D

analogous

#8DEBE1 #8DC6EB #8D97EB

triadic

#8DC6EB #EB8DC6 #C6EB8D

tetradic

#8DC6EB #E18DEB #EBB28D #97EB8D

square

#8DC6EB #E18DEB #EBB28D #97EB8D

split-complementary

#8DC6EB #EB8D97 #EBE18D

monochromatic

#2692D8 #59ACE2 #8DC6EB #C1E0F4 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#8DC6EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#8DC6EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8DC6EB

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8DC6EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8DC6EB	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C5ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BAEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69D0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8dc6eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 198, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.079 237.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d7f1',
    500: '#8dc6eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8dc6eb;
$custom-light: #b2d7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8dc6eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.617,
    "s": 70.149,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80057,
    "c": 0.079,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8DC6EB

secondary

#C68257

accent

#5E13D2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8DC6EB

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

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