#8AC8EA#8AC8EA

#8AC8EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.080 H 233.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AC8EA
RGB	rgb(138, 200, 234)
HSL	hsl(201, 70%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(201, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 14.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.67, -11.23, -23.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.67, 25.65, 244.04°)
OKLab	oklab(80.29% -0.0478 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(80.29% 0.08 233.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.9817, 52.6494, 85.5653)
Luminance	0.5265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AC8EA #EAAC8A

analogous

#8AEADC #8AC8EA #8A98EA

triadic

#8AC8EA #EA8AC8 #C8EA8A

tetradic

#8AC8EA #DC8AEA #EAAC8A #98EA8A

square

#8AC8EA #DC8AEA #EAAC8A #98EA8A

split-complementary

#8AC8EA #EA8A98 #EADC8A

monochromatic

#2696D4 #56B0E1 #8AC8EA #BEE0F3 #E5F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#8AC8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#8AC8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AC8EA

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AC8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AC8EA	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C6EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABBEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64D1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ac8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 200, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.080 233.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d8f0',
    500: '#8ac8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ac8ea;
$custom-light: #b0d8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ac8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.25,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80288,
    "c": 0.07962,
    "h": 233.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AC8EA

secondary

#C47C54

accent

#5714D2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AC8EA

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

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