#8FC5E7#8FC5E7

#8FC5E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.074 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8FC5E7
RGB	rgb(143, 197, 231)
HSL	hsl(203, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(203, 38%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 14.7%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.00, -9.14, -22.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.00, 24.23, 247.85°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% -0.0408 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.074 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.7130, 51.5390, 83.1251)
Luminance	0.5154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8FC5E7 #E7B18F

analogous

#8FE7DD #8FC5E7 #8F99E7

triadic

#8FC5E7 #E78FC5 #C5E78F

tetradic

#8FC5E7 #DD8FE7 #E7B18F #99E78F

square

#8FC5E7 #DD8FE7 #E7B18F #99E78F

split-complementary

#8FC5E7 #E78F99 #E7DD8F

monochromatic

#2C90CF #5DABDC #8FC5E7 #C1DFF2 #E6F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#8FC5E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#8FC5E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8FC5E7

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8FC5E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8FC5E7	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C4E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BAE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FCED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8fc5e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 197, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.074 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3d6ee',
    500: '#8fc5e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8fc5e7;
$custom-light: #b3d6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8fc5e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.182,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79799,
    "c": 0.07411,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8FC5E7

secondary

#C1815A

accent

#5E19CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8FC5E7

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

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