#8CCCEE#8CCCEE

#8CCCEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.081 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CCCEE
RGB	rgb(140, 204, 238)
HSL	hsl(201, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(201, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 14.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.00, -11.77, -23.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.00, 25.99, 243.07°)
OKLab	oklab(81.42% -0.0495 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(81.42% 0.081 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.8354, 54.9311, 88.9545)
Luminance	0.5493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CCCEE #EEAE8C

analogous

#8CEEDF #8CCCEE #8C9BEE

triadic

#8CCCEE #EE8CCC #CCEE8C

tetradic

#8CCCEE #DF8CEE #EEAE8C #9BEE8C

square

#8CCCEE #DF8CEE #EEAE8C #9BEE8C

split-complementary

#8CCCEE #EE8C9B #EEDF8C

monochromatic

#219DDE #57B4E6 #8CCCEE #C1E4F6 #E4F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#8CCCEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#8CCCEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CCCEE

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CCCEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CCCEE	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCCAF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBFEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65D5D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cccee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 204, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.081 232.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cccee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.816,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81417,
    "c": 0.08086,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CCCEE

secondary

#C97D55

accent

#540FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CCCEE

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

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