#8CD8FE#8CD8FE

#8CD8FE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.092 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD8FE
RGB	rgb(140, 216, 254)
HSL	hsl(200, 98%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(200, 45%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 15%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.83, -13.78, -25.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.83, 29.30, 241.95°)
OKLab	oklab(84.63% -0.0579 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(84.63% 0.092 231)
XYZ	xyz(53.2541, 61.8391, 102.8766)
Luminance	0.6184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD8FE #FEB28C

analogous

#8CFEEB #8CD8FE #8C9FFE

triadic

#8CD8FE #FE8CD8 #D8FE8C

tetradic

#8CD8FE #EB8CFE #FEB28C #9FFE8C

square

#8CD8FE #EB8CFE #FEB28C #9FFE8C

split-complementary

#8CD8FE #FE8C9F #FEEB8C

monochromatic

#13AFFD #4FC3FD #8CD8FE #C9EDFF #E1F5FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#8CD8FE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.37

#8CD8FE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD8FE

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD8FE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD8FE	1.00	1.57	13.37	13.37
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5D5FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C9FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59E3E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd8fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 216, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.092 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3e4fe',
    500: '#8cd8fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd8fe;
$custom-light: #b3e4fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd8fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 98.276,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84633,
    "c": 0.09204,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.61843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD8FE

secondary

#DF7F50

accent

#4D00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111518

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD8FE

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

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