#8CCEDE#8CCEDE

#8CCEDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.070 H 214.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CCEDE
RGB	rgb(140, 206, 222)
HSL	hsl(192, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(192, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 7.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.03, -16.88, -14.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.03, 22.28, 220.76°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.0579 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.07 214.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.0668, 54.9891, 77.2796)
Luminance	0.5499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CCEDE #DE9C8C

analogous

#8CDEC5 #8CCEDE #8CA5DE

triadic

#8CCEDE #DE8CCE #CEDE8C

tetradic

#8CCEDE #C58CDE #DE9C8C #A5DE8C

square

#8CCEDE #C58CDE #DE9C8C #A5DE8C

split-complementary

#8CCEDE #DE8CA5 #DEC58C

monochromatic

#35A0BA #5CBAD0 #8CCEDE #BCE2EC #E7F5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#8CCEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#8CCEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CCEDE

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CCEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CCEDE	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BFDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CD4D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ccede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 206, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.070 214.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1dde8',
    500: '#8ccede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ccede;
$custom-light: #b1dde8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ccede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.707,
    "s": 55.405,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81272,
    "c": 0.07028,
    "h": 214.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CCEDE

secondary

#B66B59

accent

#4223C3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CCEDE

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

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