#8CD8FA#8CD8FA

#8CD8FA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.089 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD8FA
RGB	rgb(140, 216, 250)
HSL	hsl(199, 92%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(199, 44%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 13.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.69, -14.84, -23.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.69, 28.17, 238.21°)
OKLab	oklab(84.48% -0.0593 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(84.48% 0.089 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.6203, 61.5855, 99.5383)
Luminance	0.6159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD8FA #FAAE8C

analogous

#8CFAE5 #8CD8FA #8CA1FA

triadic

#8CD8FA #FA8CD8 #D8FA8C

tetradic

#8CD8FA #E58CFA #FAAE8C #A1FA8C

square

#8CD8FA #E58CFA #FAAE8C #A1FA8C

split-complementary

#8CD8FA #FA8CA1 #FAE58C

monochromatic

#17B0F5 #51C4F7 #8CD8FA #C7ECFD #E2F5FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#8CD8FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.32

#8CD8FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD8FA

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD8FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD8FA	1.00	1.58	13.32	13.32
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D5FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C8FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BE2E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd8fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 216, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.089 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e4fc',
    500: '#8cd8fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd8fa;
$custom-light: #b2e4fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd8fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.545,
    "s": 91.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8448,
    "c": 0.08887,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD8FA

secondary

#D97B51

accent

#4700E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD8FA

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

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