#8CD9FD#8CD9FD

#8CD9FD is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.091 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD9FD
RGB	rgb(140, 217, 253)
HSL	hsl(199, 97%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(199, 45%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 14.2%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.07, -14.56, -24.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.07, 28.90, 239.75°)
OKLab	oklab(84.81% -0.0594 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(84.81% 0.091 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.3514, 62.2891, 102.1211)
Luminance	0.6229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD9FD #FDB08C

analogous

#8CFDE9 #8CD9FD #8CA1FD

triadic

#8CD9FD #FD8CD9 #D9FD8C

tetradic

#8CD9FD #E98CFD #FDB08C #A1FD8C

square

#8CD9FD #E98CFD #FDB08C #A1FD8C

split-complementary

#8CD9FD #FD8CA1 #FDE98C

monochromatic

#14B1FB #50C5FC #8CD9FD #C8EDFE #E1F5FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#8CD9FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.46

#8CD9FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD9FD

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD9FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD9FD	1.00	1.56	13.46	13.46
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D6FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C9FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59E3E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd9fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 217, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.091 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3e4fe',
    500: '#8cd9fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd9fd;
$custom-light: #b3e4fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd9fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.115,
    "s": 96.581,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84811,
    "c": 0.09108,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD9FD

secondary

#DD7D50

accent

#4900E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD9FD

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

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