#8CD9FA#8CD9FA

#8CD9FA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.089 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD9FA
RGB	rgb(140, 217, 250)
HSL	hsl(198, 92%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(198, 44%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 13.2%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.97, -15.35, -23.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.97, 28.10, 236.88°)
OKLab	oklab(84.7% -0.0605 -0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(84.7% 0.089 227)
XYZ	xyz(52.8772, 62.0995, 99.6240)
Luminance	0.6210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD9FA #FAAD8C

analogous

#8CFAE4 #8CD9FA #8CA2FA

triadic

#8CD9FA #FA8CD9 #D9FA8C

tetradic

#8CD9FA #E48CFA #FAAD8C #A2FA8C

square

#8CD9FA #E48CFA #FAAD8C #A2FA8C

split-complementary

#8CD9FA #FA8CA2 #FAE48C

monochromatic

#17B2F5 #51C6F7 #8CD9FA #C7ECFD #E2F5FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#8CD9FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#8CD9FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD9FA

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD9FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD9FA	1.00	1.56	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D6FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C9FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BE3E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd9fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 217, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.089 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3e4fc',
    500: '#8cd9fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd9fa;
$custom-light: #b3e4fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd9fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 91.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84698,
    "c": 0.08879,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.62103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD9FA

secondary

#D97A51

accent

#4500E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD9FA

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

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