#C8DCE4#C8DCE4

#C8DCE4 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.024 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8DCE4
RGB	rgb(200, 220, 228)
HSL	hsl(197, 34%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(197, 12%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 3.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.54, -5.07, -6.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.54, 8.00, 230.67°)
OKLab	oklab(88.2% -0.0174 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(88.2% 0.024 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.4129, 69.0660, 83.3739)
Luminance	0.6907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8DCE4 #E4D0C8

analogous

#C8E4DE #C8DCE4 #C8CEE4

triadic

#C8DCE4 #E4C8DC #DCE4C8

tetradic

#C8DCE4 #DEC8E4 #E4D0C8 #CEE4C8

square

#C8DCE4 #DEC8E4 #E4D0C8 #CEE4C8

split-complementary

#C8DCE4 #E4C8CE #E4DEC8

monochromatic

#76A8BC #9FC2D0 #C8DCE4 #EAF2F5 #EAF2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#C8DCE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.81

#C8DCE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8DCE4

14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8DCE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8DCE4	1.00	1.42	14.81	14.81
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7DBE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3D7E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1DFDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8dce4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 220, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.024 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8e6ec',
    500: '#c8dce4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8dce4;
$custom-light: #d8e6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8dce4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 34.146,
    "l": 83.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88198,
    "c": 0.02413,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8DCE4

secondary

#BD9F93

accent

#5A39AD

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFD

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141616

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8DCE4

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

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