#8CD5FD#8CD5FD

#8CD5FD is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.092 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD5FD
RGB	rgb(140, 213, 253)
HSL	hsl(201, 97%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(201, 45%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 15.8%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.97, -12.50, -26.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.97, 29.42, 244.86°)
OKLab	oklab(83.95% -0.0548 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(83.95% 0.092 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.3328, 60.2521, 101.7816)
Luminance	0.6026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD5FD #FDB48C

analogous

#8CFDED #8CD5FD #8C9DFD

triadic

#8CD5FD #FD8CD5 #D5FD8C

tetradic

#8CD5FD #ED8CFD #FDB48C #9DFD8C

square

#8CD5FD #ED8CFD #FDB48C #9DFD8C

split-complementary

#8CD5FD #FD8C9D #FDED8C

monochromatic

#14A9FB #50BFFC #8CD5FD #C8EBFE #E1F4FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#8CD5FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#8CD5FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD5FD

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD5FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD5FD	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2D3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C6FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AE0E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd5fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 213, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.092 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3e1fe',
    500: '#8cd5fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd5fd;
$custom-light: #b3e1fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd5fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.239,
    "s": 96.581,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83945,
    "c": 0.09185,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD5FD

secondary

#DD8250

accent

#5100E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD5FD

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

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