#8CCCED#8CCCED

#8CCCED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.080 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CCCED
RGB	rgb(140, 204, 237)
HSL	hsl(200, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(200, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 13.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, -12.03, -22.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 25.68, 242.06°)
OKLab	oklab(81.38% -0.0498 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(81.38% 0.08 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.6889, 54.8725, 88.1829)
Luminance	0.5488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CCCED #EDAD8C

analogous

#8CEDDD #8CCCED #8C9CED

triadic

#8CCCED #ED8CCC #CCED8C

tetradic

#8CCCED #DD8CED #EDAD8C #9CED8C

square

#8CCCED #DD8CED #EDAD8C #9CED8C

split-complementary

#8CCCED #ED8C9C #EDDD8C

monochromatic

#229DDC #57B5E5 #8CCCED #C1E3F5 #E5F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#8CCCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#8CCCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CCCED

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CCCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CCCED	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCCAEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBFED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66D5D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ccced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 204, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.080 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1dbf3',
    500: '#8ccced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ccced;
$custom-light: #b1dbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ccced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.412,
    "s": 72.932,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81379,
    "c": 0.08001,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CCCED

secondary

#C87C55

accent

#5310D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CCCED

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

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