#8CDAF8#8CDAF8

#8CDAF8 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.087 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CDAF8
RGB	rgb(140, 218, 248)
HSL	hsl(197, 89%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(197, 44%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 12.1%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.17, -16.39, -22.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.17, 27.56, 233.51°)
OKLab	oklab(84.84% -0.0624 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(84.84% 0.087 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.8238, 62.4918, 98.0673)
Luminance	0.6250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CDAF8 #F8AA8C

analogous

#8CF8E0 #8CDAF8 #8CA4F8

triadic

#8CDAF8 #F88CDA #DAF88C

tetradic

#8CDAF8 #E08CF8 #F8AA8C #A4F88C

square

#8CDAF8 #E08CF8 #F8AA8C #A4F88C

split-complementary

#8CDAF8 #F88CA4 #F8E08C

monochromatic

#19B5F1 #52C7F4 #8CDAF8 #C6EDFC #E2F6FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#8CDAF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#8CDAF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CDAF8

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CDAF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CDAF8	1.00	1.56	13.50	13.50
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D6FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9CAF8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CE3E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cdaf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 218, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.087 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e5fa',
    500: '#8cdaf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cdaf8;
$custom-light: #b2e5fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cdaf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 88.525,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84841,
    "c": 0.08734,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CDAF8

secondary

#D67752

accent

#4000E5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CDAF8

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

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