#8ACEE3#8ACEE3

#8ACEE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.074 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ACEE3
RGB	rgb(138, 206, 227)
HSL	hsl(194, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(194, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 9.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.09, -16.15, -17.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.09, 23.56, 226.73°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% -0.0576 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.074 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.4128, 55.0889, 80.8457)
Luminance	0.5509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8ACEE3 #E39F8A

analogous

#8AE3CC #8ACEE3 #8AA2E3

triadic

#8ACEE3 #E38ACE #CEE38A

tetradic

#8ACEE3 #CC8AE3 #E39F8A #A2E38A

square

#8ACEE3 #CC8AE3 #E39F8A #A2E38A

split-complementary

#8ACEE3 #E38AA2 #E3CC8A

monochromatic

#2FA1C4 #59B9D7 #8ACEE3 #BBE3EF #E6F5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#8ACEE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#8ACEE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ACEE3

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ACEE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ACEE3	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)

#C1CAE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BFE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67D5D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8acee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 206, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.074 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ddeb',
    500: '#8acee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8acee3;
$custom-light: #b0ddeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8acee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.157,
    "s": 61.379,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81343,
    "c": 0.07446,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ACEE3

secondary

#BB6E56

accent

#451CC9

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFD

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ACEE3

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

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