#8ACDEC#8ACDEC

#8ACDEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.081 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ACDEC
RGB	rgb(138, 205, 236)
HSL	hsl(199, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(199, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.11, -13.32, -21.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.11, 25.67, 238.75°)
OKLab	oklab(81.45% -0.0531 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(81.45% 0.081 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.4476, 55.1189, 87.4794)
Luminance	0.5512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8ACDEC #ECA98A

analogous

#8AECDA #8ACDEC #8A9CEC

triadic

#8ACDEC #EC8ACD #CDEC8A

tetradic

#8ACDEC #DA8AEC #ECA98A #9CEC8A

square

#8ACDEC #DA8AEC #ECA98A #9CEC8A

split-complementary

#8ACDEC #EC8A9C #ECDA8A

monochromatic

#239FD8 #55B6E3 #8ACDEC #BFE3F5 #E5F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#8ACDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#8ACDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ACDEC

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ACDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ACDEC	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBFEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62D6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8acdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 205, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.081 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0dcf2',
    500: '#8acdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8acdec;
$custom-light: #b0dcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8acdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.98,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81454,
    "c": 0.08052,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ACDEC

secondary

#C77854

accent

#4F11D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ACDEC

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

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