#8DCAE8#8DCAE8

#8DCAE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.075 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8DCAE8
RGB	rgb(141, 202, 232)
HSL	hsl(200, 66%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(200, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 12.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.30, -12.03, -21.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.30, 24.21, 240.21°)
OKLab	oklab(80.81% -0.0484 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(80.81% 0.075 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.6656, 53.7271, 84.2397)
Luminance	0.5373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8DCAE8 #E8AB8D

analogous

#8DE8D8 #8DCAE8 #8D9CE8

triadic

#8DCAE8 #E88DCA #CAE88D

tetradic

#8DCAE8 #D88DE8 #E8AB8D #9CE88D

square

#8DCAE8 #D88DE8 #E8AB8D #9CE88D

split-complementary

#8DCAE8 #E88D9C #E8D88D

monochromatic

#2A9AD1 #5AB2DE #8DCAE8 #C0E2F2 #E6F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#8DCAE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#8DCAE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8DCAE8

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8DCAE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8DCAE8	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC8EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBDE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AD3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8dcae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 202, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.075 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2daef',
    500: '#8dcae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8dcae8;
$custom-light: #b2daef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8dcae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.78,
    "s": 66.423,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8081,
    "c": 0.07543,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8DCAE8

secondary

#C27A57

accent

#5417CE

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8DCAE8

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

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