#8CCEED#8CCEED

#8CCEED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.080 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CCEED
RGB	rgb(140, 206, 237)
HSL	hsl(199, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(199, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.52, -13.08, -21.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.52, 25.47, 239.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.82% -0.0522 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(81.82% 0.08 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.1673, 55.8293, 88.3424)
Luminance	0.5583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CCEED #EDAB8C

analogous

#8CEDDC #8CCEED #8C9EED

triadic

#8CCEED #ED8CCE #CEED8C

tetradic

#8CCEED #DC8CED #EDAB8C #9EED8C

square

#8CCEED #DC8CED #EDAB8C #9EED8C

split-complementary

#8CCEED #ED8C9E #EDDC8C

monochromatic

#22A1DC #57B7E5 #8CCEED #C1E5F5 #E5F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#8CCEED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#8CCEED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CCEED

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CCEED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CCEED	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECBEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65D7D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cceed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 206, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.080 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ddf2',
    500: '#8cceed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cceed;
$custom-light: #b1ddf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cceed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.175,
    "s": 72.932,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81815,
    "c": 0.07974,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CCEED

secondary

#C87A55

accent

#4F10D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CCEED

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

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