#8CCBED#8CCBED

#8CCBED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.080 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CCBED
RGB	rgb(140, 203, 237)
HSL	hsl(201, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(201, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 14.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.69, -11.51, -23.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.69, 25.81, 243.52°)
OKLab	oklab(81.16% -0.0486 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(81.16% 0.08 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.4520, 54.3987, 88.1039)
Luminance	0.5440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CCBED #EDAE8C

analogous

#8CEDDF #8CCBED #8C9BED

triadic

#8CCBED #ED8CCB #CBED8C

tetradic

#8CCBED #DF8CED #EDAE8C #9BED8C

square

#8CCBED #DF8CED #EDAE8C #9BED8C

split-complementary

#8CCBED #ED8C9B #EDDF8C

monochromatic

#229BDC #57B3E5 #8CCBED #C1E3F5 #E5F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#8CCBED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#8CCBED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CCBED

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CCBED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CCBED	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC9EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBEED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66D4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ccbed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 203, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.080 232.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ccbed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.031,
    "s": 72.932,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81162,
    "c": 0.08019,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CCBED

secondary

#C87D55

accent

#5510D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CCBED

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

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