#8CC9FA#8CC9FA

#8CC9FA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.094 H 243.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CC9FA
RGB	rgb(140, 201, 250)
HSL	hsl(207, 92%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(207, 44%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 19.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, -7.00, -30.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 31.00, 256.95°)
OKLab	oklab(81.24% -0.0418 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(81.24% 0.094 243.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.9513, 54.2476, 98.3153)
Luminance	0.5425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CC9FA #FABD8C

analogous

#8CFAF4 #8CC9FA #8C92FA

triadic

#8CC9FA #FA8CC9 #C9FA8C

tetradic

#8CC9FA #F48CFA #FABD8C #92FA8C

square

#8CC9FA #F48CFA #FABD8C #92FA8C

split-complementary

#8CC9FA #FA8C92 #FAF48C

monochromatic

#1792F5 #51ADF7 #8CC9FA #C7E5FD #E2F1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#8CC9FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#8CC9FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CC9FA

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CC9FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CC9FA	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C9FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BDF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FD5D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cc9fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 201, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.094 243.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d9fc',
    500: '#8cc9fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cc9fa;
$custom-light: #b2d9fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cc9fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.727,
    "s": 91.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81244,
    "c": 0.09364,
    "h": 243.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CC9FA

secondary

#D98E51

accent

#6600E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CC9FA

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

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