#8CD5F4#8CD5F4

#8CD5F4 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.085 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD5F4
RGB	rgb(140, 213, 244)
HSL	hsl(198, 83%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(198, 43%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 12.7%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.67, -14.87, -22.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.67, 26.82, 236.32°)
OKLab	oklab(83.6% -0.058 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(83.6% 0.085 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.9328, 59.6921, 94.4082)
Luminance	0.5970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD5F4 #F4AB8C

analogous

#8CF4DF #8CD5F4 #8CA1F4

triadic

#8CD5F4 #F48CD5 #D5F48C

tetradic

#8CD5F4 #DF8CF4 #F4AB8C #A1F48C

square

#8CD5F4 #DF8CF4 #F4AB8C #A1F48C

split-complementary

#8CD5F4 #F48CA1 #F4DF8C

monochromatic

#1CACE9 #54C1EF #8CD5F4 #C4E9F9 #E3F5FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#8CD5F4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#8CD5F4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD5F4

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD5F4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD5F4	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4D2F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C6F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60DEDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd5f4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 213, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.085 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e2f7',
    500: '#8cd5f4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd5f4;
$custom-light: #b2e2f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd5f4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.885,
    "s": 82.54,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83602,
    "c": 0.08459,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD5F4

secondary

#D17953

accent

#4707DF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD5F4

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

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