#8ACEEE#8ACEEE

#8ACEEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.082 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ACEEE
RGB	rgb(138, 206, 238)
HSL	hsl(199, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(199, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 13.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.45, -13.31, -22.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.45, 26.14, 239.38°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% -0.0536 -0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.082 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.9798, 55.7157, 89.0983)
Luminance	0.5572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8ACEEE #EEAA8A

analogous

#8AEEDC #8ACEEE #8A9CEE

triadic

#8ACEEE #EE8ACE #CEEE8A

tetradic

#8ACEEE #DC8AEE #EEAA8A #9CEE8A

square

#8ACEEE #DC8AEE #EEAA8A #9CEE8A

split-complementary

#8ACEEE #EE8A9C #EEDC8A

monochromatic

#20A1DD #55B8E6 #8ACEEE #BFE4F6 #E4F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#8ACEEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#8ACEEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ACEEE

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ACEEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ACEEE	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECBF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC0EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61D7D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aceee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 206, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.082 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ddf3',
    500: '#8aceee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aceee;
$custom-light: #b0ddf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aceee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.2,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81748,
    "c": 0.08199,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ACEEE

secondary

#C97953

accent

#4F0FD7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ACEEE

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

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