#00A8FF#00A8FF

#00A8FF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.170 H 242.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#00A8FF
RGB	rgb(0, 168, 255)
HSL	hsl(200, 100%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(200, 100%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(100%, 34.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, -5.10, -52.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 53.21, 264.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.0772 -0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.17 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0454, 35.2209, 99.6976)
Luminance	0.3523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#00A8FF #FF5700

analogous

#00FFD7 #00A8FF #0028FF

triadic

#00A8FF #FF00A8 #A8FF00

tetradic

#00A8FF #D700FF #FF5700 #28FF00

square

#00A8FF #D700FF #FF5700 #28FF00

split-complementary

#00A8FF #FF0028 #FFD700

monochromatic

#005785 #0080C2 #00A8FF #3DBDFF #7AD2FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#00A8FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#00A8FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #00A8FF

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##00A8FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##00A8FF	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EABFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D97FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #00a8ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(0, 168, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.170 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c1ff',
    500: '#00a8ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #00a8ff;
$custom-light: #82c1ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#00a8ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 0,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.471,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70265,
    "c": 0.16964,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#00A8FF

secondary

#E79B74

accent

#7229FF

background

#F9FBFF

surface

#F1F7FF

border

#CBD0D7

text

#0D1218

muted

#7E8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #00A8FF

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

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