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#8CCDED Color

#8CCDED is rgb(140, 205, 237) in RGB, hsl(200, 73%, 74%) in HSL, and about cmyk(41%, 14%, 0%, 7%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Baby Blue (#89CFF0), below the threshold most people can see at ΔE 1.52. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#8CCDED
HEX#8CCDED
RGBrgb(140, 205, 237)
HSLhsl(200, 73%, 74%)
HSVhsv(200, 41%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(41%, 14%, 0%, 7%)
OKLCHoklch(81.6% 0.08 230.3)
LABlab(78.89% -15.33 -22.77)
LCHlch(78.89% 27.45 236.06)

What #8CCDED Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #8CCDED, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every blue in the library.

#8CCDED Channel Values

How #8CCDED breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 140 · G 205 · B 2378-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 200° · S 73% · L 74%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 200° · S 41% · V 93%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 41% · M 14% · Y 0% · K 7%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance1.74:1 vs white · 12.07:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #8CCDED background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

Fails AAWhite text1.74:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text12.07:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

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Colors That Go With #8CCDED

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #8CCDED; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

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Analogous
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Triadic
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Tints & Shades of #8CCDED

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

Shades

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #8CCDED.

How #8CCDED Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#8CCDED
Protanopia#C4C4ED
Protanomaly#B0C8ED
Deuteranopia#BBBBEE
Deuteranomaly#AAC2EE
Tritanopia#84D1D1
Tritanomaly#87D0DD
Achromatopsia#C4C4C4

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #8CCDED in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-8ccded: #8CCDED;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #8CCDED;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-8ccded': '#8CCDED' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.549, green: 0.804, blue: 0.929)
Android XML<color name="color_8ccded">#8CCDED</color>
SVG fillfill="#8CCDED"

More Blue Colors

#8CCDED sits in the blue family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

#8CCDED Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #8CCDED?

#8CCDED is a light blue — rgb(140, 205, 237) in RGB and hsl(200, 73%, 74%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Baby Blue (#89CFF0), which is below the threshold most people can see at a CIE76 distance of 1.52.

What is the RGB value of #8CCDED?

#8CCDED is rgb(140, 205, 237) — red 140, green 205, and blue 237 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #8CCDED?

#8CCDED converts to approximately cmyk(41%, 14%, 0%, 7%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #8CCDED be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #8CCDED scores 1.74:1 against white and 12.07:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #8CCDED as a CSS color keyword?

No. #8CCDED is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is skyblue (#87CEEB) at a CIE76 distance of 2.42, which is very hard to tell apart.

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