#8CC9EB#8CC9EB

#8CC9EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.079 H 233.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CC9EB
RGB	rgb(140, 201, 235)
HSL	hsl(201, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(201, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 14.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, -10.98, -22.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 25.46, 244.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80.65% -0.0469 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(80.65% 0.079 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.6921, 53.3439, 86.4172)
Luminance	0.5335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CC9EB #EBAE8C

analogous

#8CEBDD #8CC9EB #8C99EB

triadic

#8CC9EB #EB8CC9 #C9EB8C

tetradic

#8CC9EB #DD8CEB #EBAE8C #99EB8C

square

#8CC9EB #DD8CEB #EBAE8C #99EB8C

split-complementary

#8CC9EB #EB8C99 #EBDD8C

monochromatic

#2598D7 #58B1E2 #8CC9EB #C0E1F4 #E5F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#8CC9EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#8CC9EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CC9EB

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CC9EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CC9EB	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C7ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBCEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67D2D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cc9eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 201, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.079 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d9f1',
    500: '#8cc9eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cc9eb;
$custom-light: #b1d9f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cc9eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.474,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80652,
    "c": 0.07886,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CC9EB

secondary

#C57E56

accent

#5813D2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CC9EB

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

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