#8CDAF9#8CDAF9

#8CDAF9 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.088 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CDAF9
RGB	rgb(140, 218, 249)
HSL	hsl(197, 90%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(197, 44%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 12.4%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.21, -16.13, -22.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.21, 27.79, 234.53°)
OKLab	oklab(84.88% -0.062 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(84.88% 0.088 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.9794, 62.5540, 98.8865)
Luminance	0.6256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CDAF9 #F9AB8C

analogous

#8CF9E2 #8CDAF9 #8CA4F9

triadic

#8CDAF9 #F98CDA #DAF98C

tetradic

#8CDAF9 #E28CF9 #F9AB8C #A4F98C

square

#8CDAF9 #E28CF9 #F9AB8C #A4F98C

split-complementary

#8CDAF9 #F98CA4 #F9E28C

monochromatic

#18B5F3 #52C7F6 #8CDAF9 #C6EDFC #E2F6FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#8CDAF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#8CDAF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CDAF9

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CDAF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CDAF9	1.00	1.55	13.51	13.51
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D6FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9CAF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CE3E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cdaf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 218, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.088 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e5fb',
    500: '#8cdaf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cdaf9;
$custom-light: #b2e5fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cdaf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.064,
    "s": 90.083,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84878,
    "c": 0.08804,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CDAF9

secondary

#D87852

accent

#4100E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CDAF9

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

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