#8CCAED#8CCAED

#8CCAED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.080 H 233.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CCAED
RGB	rgb(140, 202, 237)
HSL	hsl(202, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(202, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 14.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.42, -10.99, -23.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.42, 25.96, 244.96°)
OKLab	oklab(80.94% -0.0474 -0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(80.94% 0.08 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.2166, 53.9279, 88.0254)
Luminance	0.5393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CCAED #EDAF8C

analogous

#8CEDDF #8CCAED #8C9AED

triadic

#8CCAED #ED8CCA #CAED8C

tetradic

#8CCAED #DF8CED #EDAF8C #9AED8C

square

#8CCAED #DF8CED #EDAF8C #9AED8C

split-complementary

#8CCAED #ED8C9A #EDDF8C

monochromatic

#2299DC #57B2E5 #8CCAED #C1E2F5 #E5F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#8CCAED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#8CCAED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CCAED

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CCAED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CCAED	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC8EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBDEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66D3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ccaed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 202, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.080 233.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1daf3',
    500: '#8ccaed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ccaed;
$custom-light: #b1daf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ccaed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.649,
    "s": 72.932,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80945,
    "c": 0.08041,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CCAED

secondary

#C87F55

accent

#5710D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CCAED

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

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