#8CCEDD#8CCEDD

#8CCEDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.070 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CCEDD
RGB	rgb(140, 206, 221)
HSL	hsl(191, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(191, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 6.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.00, -17.13, -14.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.00, 22.16, 219.38°)
OKLab	oklab(81.24% -0.0582 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(81.24% 0.07 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.9332, 54.9357, 76.5759)
Luminance	0.5494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CCEDD #DD9B8C

analogous

#8CDDC3 #8CCEDD #8CA5DD

triadic

#8CCEDD #DD8CCE #CEDD8C

tetradic

#8CCEDD #C38CDD #DD9B8C #A5DD8C

square

#8CCEDD #C38CDD #DD9B8C #A5DD8C

split-complementary

#8CCEDD #DD8CA5 #DDC38C

monochromatic

#36A0B8 #5DBACF #8CCEDD #BBE2EB #E7F5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#8CCEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#8CCEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CCEDD

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#C2C9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BFDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DD4D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ccedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 206, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.070 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1dde7',
    500: '#8ccedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ccedd;
$custom-light: #b1dde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ccedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.111,
    "s": 54.362,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81238,
    "c": 0.06984,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CCEDD

secondary

#B46A59

accent

#4124C2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CCEDD

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

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