#8CD8F9#8CD8F9

#8CD8F9 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.088 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD8F9
RGB	rgb(140, 216, 249)
HSL	hsl(198, 90%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(198, 44%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 13.3%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.66, -15.10, -23.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.66, 27.91, 237.24°)
OKLab	oklab(84.44% -0.0597 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(84.44% 0.088 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.4639, 61.5230, 98.7147)
Luminance	0.6153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD8F9 #F9AD8C

analogous

#8CF9E4 #8CD8F9 #8CA2F9

triadic

#8CD8F9 #F98CD8 #D8F98C

tetradic

#8CD8F9 #E48CF9 #F9AD8C #A2F98C

square

#8CD8F9 #E48CF9 #F9AD8C #A2F98C

split-complementary

#8CD8F9 #F98CA2 #F9E48C

monochromatic

#18B1F3 #52C4F6 #8CD8F9 #C6ECFC #E2F5FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#8CD8F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#8CD8F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD8F9

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD8F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD8F9	1.00	1.58	13.31	13.31
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D5FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C8F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CE2E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd8f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 216, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.088 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e4fb',
    500: '#8cd8f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd8f9;
$custom-light: #b2e4fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd8f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.165,
    "s": 90.083,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84443,
    "c": 0.08812,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD8F9

secondary

#D87A52

accent

#4500E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD8F9

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

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