#8CCDDD#8CCDDD

#8CCDDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.069 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CCDDD
RGB	rgb(140, 205, 221)
HSL	hsl(192, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(192, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 7.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.73, -16.62, -14.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.73, 22.04, 221.06°)
OKLab	oklab(81.02% -0.057 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(81.02% 0.069 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.6932, 54.4557, 76.4959)
Luminance	0.5446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CCDDD #DD9C8C

analogous

#8CDDC4 #8CCDDD #8CA4DD

triadic

#8CCDDD #DD8CCD #CDDD8C

tetradic

#8CCDDD #C48CDD #DD9C8C #A4DD8C

square

#8CCDDD #C48CDD #DD9C8C #A4DD8C

split-complementary

#8CCDDD #DD8CA4 #DDC48C

monochromatic

#369FB8 #5DB8CF #8CCDDD #BBE2EB #E7F5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#8CCDDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#8CCDDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CCDDD

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CCDDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CCDDD	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BFDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DD3D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ccddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 205, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.069 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0dce7',
    500: '#8ccddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ccddd;
$custom-light: #b0dce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ccddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.852,
    "s": 54.362,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81017,
    "c": 0.06947,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CCDDD

secondary

#B46B59

accent

#4324C2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CCDDD

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

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