#8DCDEC#8DCDEC

#8DCDEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.078 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8DCDEC
RGB	rgb(141, 205, 236)
HSL	hsl(200, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(200, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.26, -12.56, -21.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.26, 25.08, 239.94°)
OKLab	oklab(81.61% -0.0505 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(81.61% 0.078 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.9509, 55.3784, 87.5030)
Luminance	0.5538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8DCDEC #ECAC8D

analogous

#8DECDC #8DCDEC #8D9EEC

triadic

#8DCDEC #EC8DCD #CDEC8D

tetradic

#8DCDEC #DC8DEC #ECAC8D #9EEC8D

square

#8DCDEC #DC8DEC #ECAC8D #9EEC8D

split-complementary

#8DCDEC #EC8D9E #ECDC8D

monochromatic

#249FDA #59B6E3 #8DCDEC #C1E4F5 #E5F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#8DCDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#8DCDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8DCDEC

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8DCDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8DCDEC	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C0EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68D6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8dcdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 205, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.078 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2dcf2',
    500: '#8dcdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8dcdec;
$custom-light: #b2dcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8dcdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.579,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81613,
    "c": 0.07832,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8DCDEC

secondary

#C77B56

accent

#5112D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8DCDEC

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

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