#C4E8F8#C4E8F8

#C4E8F8 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.044 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E8F8
RGB	rgb(196, 232, 248)
HSL	hsl(198, 79%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(198, 21%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 6.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.96, -8.32, -11.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.96, 14.31, 234.43°)
OKLab	oklab(91.02% -0.0299 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(91.02% 0.044 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(68.5602, 76.2241, 99.8892)
Luminance	0.7623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E8F8 #F8D4C4

analogous

#C4F8EE #C4E8F8 #C4CEF8

triadic

#C4E8F8 #F8C4E8 #E8F8C4

tetradic

#C4E8F8 #EEC4F8 #F8D4C4 #CEF8C4

square

#C4E8F8 #EEC4F8 #F8D4C4 #CEF8C4

split-complementary

#C4E8F8 #F8C4CE #F8EEC4

monochromatic

#57BDEB #8DD3F2 #C4E8F8 #E4F4FC #E4F4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#C4E8F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.25

#C4E8F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E8F8

16.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E8F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E8F8	1.00	1.29	16.25	16.25
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFE6F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8E0F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5EDED

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e8f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 232, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.044 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6effa',
    500: '#c4e8f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e8f8;
$custom-light: #d6effa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e8f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 78.788,
    "l": 87.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91023,
    "c": 0.04353,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E8F8

secondary

#DC9F85

accent

#4B0ADB

background

#FEFFFF

surface

#FBFEFF

border

#D4D6D7

text

#141617

muted

#838585

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E8F8

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

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