#8CD9FC#8CD9FC

#8CD9FC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.090 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD9FC
RGB	rgb(140, 217, 252)
HSL	hsl(199, 95%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(199, 44%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 13.9%, 0%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.03, -14.83, -24.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.03, 28.63, 238.81°)
OKLab	oklab(84.77% -0.0598 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(84.77% 0.09 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.1925, 62.2256, 101.2843)
Luminance	0.6223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD9FC #FCAF8C

analogous

#8CFCE7 #8CD9FC #8CA1FC

triadic

#8CD9FC #FC8CD9 #D9FC8C

tetradic

#8CD9FC #E78CFC #FCAF8C #A1FC8C

square

#8CD9FC #E78CFC #FCAF8C #A1FC8C

split-complementary

#8CD9FC #FC8CA1 #FCE78C

monochromatic

#15B2F9 #50C5FA #8CD9FC #C8EDFE #E1F5FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#8CD9FC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.45

#8CD9FC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD9FC

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD9FC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD9FC	1.00	1.56	13.45	13.45
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D6FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C9FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AE3E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd9fc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 217, 252);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.090 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3e4fd',
    500: '#8cd9fc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd9fc;
$custom-light: #b3e4fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd9fc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 252
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.75,
    "s": 94.915,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84773,
    "c": 0.0903,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD9FC

secondary

#DC7C50

accent

#4800E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD9FC

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

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