#8ACDED#8ACDED

#8ACDED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.081 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ACDED
RGB	rgb(138, 205, 237)
HSL	hsl(199, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(199, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 13.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.14, -13.06, -22.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.14, 25.95, 239.80°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% -0.0527 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.081 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.5933, 55.1772, 88.2467)
Luminance	0.5518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8ACDED #EDAA8A

analogous

#8AEDDB #8ACDED #8A9BED

triadic

#8ACDED #ED8ACD #CDED8A

tetradic

#8ACDED #DB8AED #EDAA8A #9BED8A

square

#8ACDED #DB8AED #EDAA8A #9BED8A

split-complementary

#8ACDED #ED8A9B #EDDB8A

monochromatic

#229FDB #55B6E5 #8ACDED #BFE4F5 #E4F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#8ACDED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#8ACDED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ACDED

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ACDED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ACDED	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBFED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62D6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8acded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 205, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.081 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0dcf3',
    500: '#8acded',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8acded;
$custom-light: #b0dcf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8acded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.394,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81492,
    "c": 0.08131,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ACDED

secondary

#C87953

accent

#5010D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ACDED

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

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