#8CD9EF#8CD9EF

#8CD9EF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.082 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD9EF
RGB	rgb(140, 217, 239)
HSL	hsl(193, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(193, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 9.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.61, -18.20, -18.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.61, 25.77, 225.06°)
OKLab	oklab(84.3% -0.0645 -0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(84.3% 0.082 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.2025, 61.4296, 90.8036)
Luminance	0.6143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD9EF #EFA28C

analogous

#8CEFD4 #8CD9EF #8CA8EF

triadic

#8CD9EF #EF8CD9 #D9EF8C

tetradic

#8CD9EF #D48CEF #EFA28C #A8EF8C

square

#8CD9EF #D48CEF #EFA28C #A8EF8C

split-complementary

#8CD9EF #EF8CA8 #EFD48C

monochromatic

#21B5E0 #56C7E8 #8CD9EF #C2EBF6 #E4F6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#8CD9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#8CD9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD9EF

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD9EF	1.00	1.58	13.29	13.29
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD4F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC9EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62E1E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 217, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.082 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e4f4',
    500: '#8cd9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd9ef;
$custom-light: #b2e4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 75.573,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84295,
    "c": 0.08176,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD9EF

secondary

#CB6F55

accent

#3B0ED8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD9EF

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

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