#8BC9FD#8BC9FD

#8BC9FD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.097 H 244.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC9FD
RGB	rgb(139, 201, 253)
HSL	hsl(207, 97%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(207, 45%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 20.6%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.67, -6.42, -31.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.67, 32.35, 258.55°)
OKLab	oklab(81.31% -0.0416 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(81.31% 0.097 244.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.2576, 54.3507, 100.8046)
Luminance	0.5435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC9FD #FDBF8B

analogous

#8BFDF8 #8BC9FD #8B90FD

triadic

#8BC9FD #FD8BC9 #C9FD8B

tetradic

#8BC9FD #F88BFD #FDBF8B #90FD8B

square

#8BC9FD #F88BFD #FDBF8B #90FD8B

split-complementary

#8BC9FD #FD8B90 #FDF88B

monochromatic

#1391FB #4FADFC #8BC9FD #C7E5FE #E1F1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#8BC9FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#8BC9FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC9FD

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC9FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC9FD	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4BDFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BD5DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc9fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 201, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.097 244.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d9fe',
    500: '#8bc9fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc9fd;
$custom-light: #b2d9fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc9fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.368,
    "s": 96.61,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81314,
    "c": 0.09748,
    "h": 244.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC9FD

secondary

#DD904F

accent

#6900E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC9FD

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

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