#8CD9FE#8CD9FE

#8CD9FE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.092 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD9FE
RGB	rgb(140, 217, 254)
HSL	hsl(199, 98%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(199, 45%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 14.6%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.10, -14.30, -25.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.10, 29.18, 240.67°)
OKLab	oklab(84.85% -0.0591 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(84.85% 0.092 230)
XYZ	xyz(53.5111, 62.3530, 102.9623)
Luminance	0.6236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD9FE #FEB18C

analogous

#8CFEEA #8CD9FE #8CA0FE

triadic

#8CD9FE #FE8CD9 #D9FE8C

tetradic

#8CD9FE #EA8CFE #FEB18C #A0FE8C

square

#8CD9FE #EA8CFE #FEB18C #A0FE8C

split-complementary

#8CD9FE #FE8CA0 #FEEA8C

monochromatic

#13B1FD #4FC5FD #8CD9FE #C9EDFF #E1F5FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#8CD9FE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#8CD9FE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD9FE

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD9FE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD9FE	1.00	1.56	13.47	13.47
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D6FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C9FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59E3E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd9fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 217, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.092 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3e4fe',
    500: '#8cd9fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd9fe;
$custom-light: #b3e4fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd9fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.474,
    "s": 98.276,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84849,
    "c": 0.09187,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.62357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD9FE

secondary

#DF7E50

accent

#4A00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111518

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD9FE

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

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