#8CCAEE#8CCAEE

#8CCAEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.081 H 234.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CCAEE
RGB	rgb(140, 202, 238)
HSL	hsl(202, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(202, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.45, -10.73, -24.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.45, 26.29, 245.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.98% -0.0471 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(80.98% 0.081 234.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.3631, 53.9865, 88.7970)
Luminance	0.5399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CCAEE #EEB08C

analogous

#8CEEE1 #8CCAEE #8C99EE

triadic

#8CCAEE #EE8CCA #CAEE8C

tetradic

#8CCAEE #E18CEE #EEB08C #99EE8C

square

#8CCAEE #E18CEE #EEB08C #99EE8C

split-complementary

#8CCAEE #EE8C99 #EEE18C

monochromatic

#2199DE #57B1E6 #8CCAEE #C1E3F6 #E4F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#8CCAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#8CCAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CCAEE

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CCAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CCAEE	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C8F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBDED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65D4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ccaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 202, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.081 234.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ccaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.041,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80983,
    "c": 0.08131,
    "h": 234.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CCAEE

secondary

#C98055

accent

#580FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CCAEE

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

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