#8DC9F5#8DC9F5

#8DC9F5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.088 H 241.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8DC9F5
RGB	rgb(141, 201, 245)
HSL	hsl(205, 84%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(205, 42%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 18%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.48, -8.10, -27.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.48, 28.87, 253.71°)
OKLab	oklab(81.1% -0.0426 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(81.1% 0.088 241)
XYZ	xyz(48.3470, 54.0254, 94.2489)
Luminance	0.5403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8DC9F5 #F5B98D

analogous

#8DF5ED #8DC9F5 #8D95F5

triadic

#8DC9F5 #F58DC9 #C9F58D

tetradic

#8DC9F5 #ED8DF5 #F5B98D #95F58D

square

#8DC9F5 #ED8DF5 #F5B98D #95F58D

split-complementary

#8DC9F5 #F58D95 #F5ED8D

monochromatic

#1C94EB #55AEF0 #8DC9F5 #C5E4FA #E3F2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#8DC9F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#8DC9F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8DC9F5

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8DC9F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8DC9F5	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C8F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BDF4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64D4D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8dc9f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 201, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.088 241.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d9f8',
    500: '#8dc9f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8dc9f5;
$custom-light: #b2d9f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8dc9f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.385,
    "s": 83.871,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81096,
    "c": 0.08778,
    "h": 241
  },
  "luminance": 0.54029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8DC9F5

secondary

#D28954

accent

#6205E0

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8DC9F5

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

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