#8CDCFF#8CDCFF

#8CDCFF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.092 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CDCFF
RGB	rgb(140, 220, 255)
HSL	hsl(198, 100%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(198, 45%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 13.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.95, -15.57, -24.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.95, 29.17, 237.75°)
OKLab	oklab(85.54% -0.0622 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(85.54% 0.092 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.4519, 63.9778, 104.0679)
Luminance	0.6398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CDCFF #FFAF8C

analogous

#8CFFE9 #8CDCFF #8CA2FF

triadic

#8CDCFF #FF8CDC #DCFF8C

tetradic

#8CDCFF #E98CFF #FFAF8C #A2FF8C

square

#8CDCFF #E98CFF #FFAF8C #A2FF8C

split-complementary

#8CDCFF #FF8CA2 #FFE98C

monochromatic

#12B7FF #4FC9FF #8CDCFF #C9EFFF #E0F6FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#8CDCFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.80

#8CDCFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CDCFF

13.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CDCFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CDCFF	1.00	1.52	13.80	13.80
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9CCFF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57E6E7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cdcff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 220, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.092 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3e7ff',
    500: '#8cdcff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cdcff;
$custom-light: #b3e7ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cdcff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.261,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85539,
    "c": 0.09228,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CDCFF

secondary

#E07B4F

accent

#4600E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111618

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CDCFF

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

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