#8AC4E7#8AC4E7

#8AC4E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.078 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AC4E7
RGB	rgb(138, 196, 231)
HSL	hsl(203, 66%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(203, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 15.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.47, -9.91, -23.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.47, 25.30, 246.95°)
OKLab	oklab(79.3% -0.044 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(79.3% 0.078 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.6401, 50.6499, 83.0100)
Luminance	0.5065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AC4E7 #E7AD8A

analogous

#8AE7DC #8AC4E7 #8A95E7

triadic

#8AC4E7 #E78AC4 #C4E78A

tetradic

#8AC4E7 #DC8AE7 #E7AD8A #95E78A

square

#8AC4E7 #DC8AE7 #E7AD8A #95E78A

split-complementary

#8AC4E7 #E78A95 #E7DC8A

monochromatic

#2A8FCD #57AADD #8AC4E7 #BDDEF1 #E6F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#8AC4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#8AC4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AC4E7

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AC4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AC4E7	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C2E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B8E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66CDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ac4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 196, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.078 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d5ee',
    500: '#8ac4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ac4e7;
$custom-light: #b0d5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ac4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.581,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79303,
    "c": 0.07791,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AC4E7

secondary

#C07D55

accent

#5C18CE

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AC4E7

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

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