#8CD9FF#8CD9FF

#8CD9FF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.093 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD9FF
RGB	rgb(140, 217, 255)
HSL	hsl(200, 100%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(200, 45%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 14.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.13, -14.03, -25.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.13, 29.47, 241.57°)
OKLab	oklab(84.89% -0.0587 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(84.89% 0.093 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.6716, 62.4173, 103.8078)
Luminance	0.6242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD9FF #FFB28C

analogous

#8CFFEB #8CD9FF #8CA0FF

triadic

#8CD9FF #FF8CD9 #D9FF8C

tetradic

#8CD9FF #EB8CFF #FFB28C #A0FF8C

square

#8CD9FF #EB8CFF #FFB28C #A0FF8C

split-complementary

#8CD9FF #FF8CA0 #FFEB8C

monochromatic

#12B1FF #4FC5FF #8CD9FF #C9EDFF #E0F5FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#8CD9FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.48

#8CD9FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD9FF

13.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD9FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD9FF	1.00	1.56	13.48	13.48
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D6FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6CAFF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58E4E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd9ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 217, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.093 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3e4ff',
    500: '#8cd9ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd9ff;
$custom-light: #b3e4ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd9ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.826,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84888,
    "c": 0.09269,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD9FF

secondary

#E07F4F

accent

#4C00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111518

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD9FF

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

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