#8CCDEC#8CCDEC

#8CCDEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.079 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CCDEC
RGB	rgb(140, 205, 236)
HSL	hsl(199, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(199, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.21, -12.81, -21.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.21, 25.28, 239.54°)
OKLab	oklab(81.56% -0.0514 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(81.56% 0.079 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.7816, 55.2911, 87.4951)
Luminance	0.5529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CCDEC #ECAB8C

analogous

#8CECDB #8CCDEC #8C9DEC

triadic

#8CCDEC #EC8CCD #CDEC8C

tetradic

#8CCDEC #DB8CEC #ECAB8C #9DEC8C

square

#8CCDEC #DB8CEC #ECAB8C #9DEC8C

split-complementary

#8CCDEC #EC8C9D #ECDB8C

monochromatic

#249FDA #57B6E3 #8CCDEC #C1E4F5 #E5F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#8CCDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#8CCDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CCDEC

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CCDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CCDEC	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBFEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66D6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ccdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 205, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.079 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1dcf2',
    500: '#8ccdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ccdec;
$custom-light: #b1dcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ccdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.375,
    "s": 71.642,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81559,
    "c": 0.07906,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CCDEC

secondary

#C77A55

accent

#5012D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CCDEC

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

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