#8ACEEC#8ACEEC

#8ACEEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.080 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ACEEC
RGB	rgb(138, 206, 236)
HSL	hsl(198, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(198, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 12.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.38, -13.84, -21.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.38, 25.59, 237.27°)
OKLab	oklab(81.67% -0.0543 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(81.67% 0.08 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.6876, 55.5988, 87.5594)
Luminance	0.5560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8ACEEC #ECA88A

analogous

#8AECD9 #8ACEEC #8A9DEC

triadic

#8ACEEC #EC8ACE #CEEC8A

tetradic

#8ACEEC #D98AEC #ECA88A #9DEC8A

square

#8ACEEC #D98AEC #ECA88A #9DEC8A

split-complementary

#8ACEEC #EC8A9D #ECD98A

monochromatic

#23A1D8 #55B8E3 #8ACEEC #BFE4F5 #E5F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#8ACEEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#8ACEEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ACEEC

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ACEEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ACEEC	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECBEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C0EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62D7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aceec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 206, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.080 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ddf2',
    500: '#8aceec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aceec;
$custom-light: #b0ddf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aceec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.367,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81673,
    "c": 0.08044,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ACEEC

secondary

#C77754

accent

#4D11D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ACEEC

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

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