#8BC9F9#8BC9F9

#8BC9F9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.093 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC9F9
RGB	rgb(139, 201, 249)
HSL	hsl(206, 90%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(206, 44%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 19.3%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.52, -7.51, -29.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.52, 30.73, 255.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.15% -0.043 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(81.15% 0.093 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.6271, 54.0985, 97.4838)
Luminance	0.5410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC9F9 #F9BB8B

analogous

#8BF9F2 #8BC9F9 #8B92F9

triadic

#8BC9F9 #F98BC9 #C9F98B

tetradic

#8BC9F9 #F28BF9 #F9BB8B #92F98B

square

#8BC9F9 #F28BF9 #F9BB8B #92F98B

split-complementary

#8BC9F9 #F98B92 #F9F28B

monochromatic

#1793F3 #51AEF6 #8BC9F9 #C5E4FC #E2F1FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#8BC9F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#8BC9F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC9F9

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC9F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC9F9	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C9FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BDF8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DD5D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc9f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 201, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.093 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d9fb',
    500: '#8bc9f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc9f9;
$custom-light: #b1d9fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc9f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.182,
    "s": 90.164,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8115,
    "c": 0.09319,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC9F9

secondary

#D88C51

accent

#6400E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC9F9

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

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