#C8DCE5#C8DCE5

#C8DCE5 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.025 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8DCE5
RGB	rgb(200, 220, 229)
HSL	hsl(199, 36%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(199, 13%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 3.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.56, -4.87, -6.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.56, 8.26, 233.89°)
OKLab	oklab(88.23% -0.0171 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(88.23% 0.025 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.5521, 69.1217, 84.1071)
Luminance	0.6912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8DCE5 #E5D1C8

analogous

#C8E5E0 #C8DCE5 #C8CEE5

triadic

#C8DCE5 #E5C8DC #DCE5C8

tetradic

#C8DCE5 #E0C8E5 #E5D1C8 #CEE5C8

square

#C8DCE5 #E0C8E5 #E5D1C8 #CEE5C8

split-complementary

#C8DCE5 #E5C8CE #E5E0C8

monochromatic

#75A7BE #9EC2D1 #C8DCE5 #EAF2F5 #EAF2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#C8DCE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.82

#C8DCE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8DCE5

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8DCE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8DCE5	1.00	1.42	14.82	14.82
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7DBE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3D7E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0DFDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8dce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 220, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.025 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8e6ed',
    500: '#c8dce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8dce5;
$custom-light: #d8e6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8dce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.621,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 84.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88229,
    "c": 0.02479,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8DCE5

secondary

#BEA093

accent

#5C37AF

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFD

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141616

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8DCE5

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

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