#8CD5F6#8CD5F6

#8CD5F6 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.086 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD5F6
RGB	rgb(140, 213, 246)
HSL	hsl(199, 85%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(199, 43%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 13.4%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.74, -14.35, -23.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.74, 27.34, 238.35°)
OKLab	oklab(83.68% -0.0573 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(83.68% 0.086 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.2381, 59.8142, 96.0162)
Luminance	0.5982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD5F6 #F6AD8C

analogous

#8CF6E2 #8CD5F6 #8CA0F6

triadic

#8CD5F6 #F68CD5 #D5F68C

tetradic

#8CD5F6 #E28CF6 #F6AD8C #A0F68C

square

#8CD5F6 #E28CF6 #F6AD8C #A0F68C

split-complementary

#8CD5F6 #F68CA0 #F6E28C

monochromatic

#1AACED #53C0F2 #8CD5F6 #C5EAFA #E3F5FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#8CD5F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#8CD5F6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD5F6

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD5F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD5F6	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4D2F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C6F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FDFDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd5f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 213, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.086 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e2f9',
    500: '#8cd5f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd5f6;
$custom-light: #b2e2f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd5f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.679,
    "s": 85.484,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83677,
    "c": 0.08609,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD5F6

secondary

#D47B53

accent

#4904E2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD5F6

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

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