#8CDCF9#8CDCF9

#8CDCF9 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.088 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CDCF9
RGB	rgb(140, 220, 249)
HSL	hsl(196, 90%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(196, 44%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 11.6%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.76, -17.15, -21.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.76, 27.74, 231.82°)
OKLab	oklab(85.32% -0.0643 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(85.32% 0.088 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.5011, 63.5975, 99.0605)
Luminance	0.6360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CDCF9 #F9A98C

analogous

#8CF9E0 #8CDCF9 #8CA6F9

triadic

#8CDCF9 #F98CDC #DCF98C

tetradic

#8CDCF9 #E08CF9 #F9A98C #A6F98C

square

#8CDCF9 #E08CF9 #F9A98C #A6F98C

split-complementary

#8CDCF9 #F98CA6 #F9E08C

monochromatic

#18B9F3 #52CAF6 #8CDCF9 #C6EEFC #E2F6FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#8CDCF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#8CDCF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CDCF9

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CDCF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CDCF9	1.00	1.53	13.72	13.72
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD8FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBCBF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BE5E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cdcf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 220, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.088 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3e7fb',
    500: '#8cdcf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cdcf9;
$custom-light: #b3e7fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cdcf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.963,
    "s": 90.083,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85315,
    "c": 0.08807,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CDCF9

secondary

#D87552

accent

#3D00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CDCF9

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

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