#8CCBEC#8CCBEC

#8CCBEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.079 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CCBEC
RGB	rgb(140, 203, 236)
HSL	hsl(201, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(201, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 14%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.66, -11.77, -22.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.66, 25.50, 242.51°)
OKLab	oklab(81.12% -0.049 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(81.12% 0.079 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.3063, 54.3404, 87.3366)
Luminance	0.5434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CCBEC #ECAD8C

analogous

#8CECDD #8CCBEC #8C9BEC

triadic

#8CCBEC #EC8CCB #CBEC8C

tetradic

#8CCBEC #DD8CEC #ECAD8C #9BEC8C

square

#8CCBEC #DD8CEC #ECAD8C #9BEC8C

split-complementary

#8CCBEC #EC8C9B #ECDD8C

monochromatic

#249BDA #57B3E3 #8CCBEC #C1E3F5 #E5F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#8CCBEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#8CCBEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CCBEC

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CCBEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CCBEC	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC9EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBEEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66D4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ccbec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 203, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.079 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1daf2',
    500: '#8ccbec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ccbec;
$custom-light: #b1daf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ccbec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.625,
    "s": 71.642,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81124,
    "c": 0.07934,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CCBEC

secondary

#C77C55

accent

#5412D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CCBEC

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

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