#8CCCDD#8CCCDD

#8CCCDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.069 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CCCDD
RGB	rgb(140, 204, 221)
HSL	hsl(193, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(193, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 7.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.45, -16.10, -14.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.45, 21.93, 222.76°)
OKLab	oklab(80.8% -0.0558 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(80.8% 0.069 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.4547, 53.9789, 76.4164)
Luminance	0.5398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CCCDD #DD9D8C

analogous

#8CDDC5 #8CCCDD #8CA3DD

triadic

#8CCCDD #DD8CCC #CCDD8C

tetradic

#8CCCDD #C58CDD #DD9D8C #A3DD8C

square

#8CCCDD #C58CDD #DD9D8C #A3DD8C

split-complementary

#8CCCDD #DD8CA3 #DDC58C

monochromatic

#369DB8 #5DB7CF #8CCCDD #BBE1EB #E7F5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#8CCCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#8CCCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CCCDD

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CCCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CCCDD	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)

#C0C8DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BEDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DD3D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cccdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 204, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.069 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0dbe7',
    500: '#8cccdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cccdd;
$custom-light: #b0dbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cccdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.593,
    "s": 54.362,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80796,
    "c": 0.06914,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CCCDD

secondary

#B46C59

accent

#4524C2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CCCDD

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

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