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#94fff8

a light, electric cyan · cool · closest name: Cyan

RGB
148, 255, 248
HSL
176°, 100%, 79%
CMYK
42, 0, 3, 0
Luminance
0.8459

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #94fff8 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#94fff8
Hue
176°
cyan
Saturation
100%
electric
Lightness
79%
light
Brightness
100%
HSV value
Perceived
89%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8459
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
86/100 cool
Color family
Cyan
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
17.92:1
Closest name
Cyan
ΔE2000 6.6
Where it sits
Hue176° of 360°
Saturation100%
Lightness79%
Temperature
Warm ← → Cool86% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Every format

HEX#94fff8
RGBrgb(148, 255, 248)
HSLhsl(176, 100%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(42%, 0%, 3%, 0%)
LABlab(93.7 -32.6 -6.3)
LCHlch(93.7 33.2 191.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.934 0.100 190.1)
Decimal9764856
Display P3color(display-p3 0.580 1.000 0.973)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #94fff8;
background-color: #94fff8;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#94fff8] bg-[#94fff8]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #94fff8;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.580, green: 1.000, blue: 0.973)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#94fff8")
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF94FFF8)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(248, 255, 148)

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #94fff8 · 17.92:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
White text · 1.17:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 17.92:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #94fff8 as text scores 1.17:1 on white and 17.92:1 on black.

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#94fff8 on white: 1.17:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#94fff8 on black: 17.92:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia · #F4F5F8
deuteranopia · #E1E7F9
tritanopia · #64FFFD

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #94fff8 is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F1FEFD
#E3FCFB
#C0FCF8
#94fff8
#57FFF4
#1FFFF0
#00F5E5
#00CCBF
#00A399
#05766E
#034945
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F1FEFDDarkest = 950 · #034945
:root {
  --brand-50: #F1FEFD;
  --brand-100: #E3FCFB;
  --brand-200: #C0FCF8;
  --brand-300: #94fff8;
  --brand-400: #57FFF4;
  --brand-500: #1FFFF0;
  --brand-600: #00F5E5;
  --brand-700: #00CCBF;
  --brand-800: #00A399;
  --brand-900: #05766E;
  --brand-950: #034945;
  --brand: #94fff8;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
}

Colors that work with #94fff8

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F4FAFA
Tinted page background
Border#C0EDEA
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B96
Captions on the surface
Accent#CC0041
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#008077
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E5FFFD
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#142423
Dark-mode background
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

How to use #94fff8

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#FF949B
Analogous left#94FFC2
Analogous right#94D0FF
Split-complement 1#FF94D0
Split-complement 2#FFC294
Triadic 1#F894FF
Triadic 2#FFF894
Tetradic#C294FF

RGB percentages

Red58.0%
Green100.0%
Blue97.3%

CMYK percentages

Cyan42.0%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow2.7%
Key (black)0.0%

Color previews

#94fff8 text on a black background

contrast 17.92:1

Card sample

#94fff8 text on a white background

contrast 1.17:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #94fff8;
Background color
Panel with #94fff8 background
background-color: #94fff8;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #94fff8;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(148, 255, 248, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(148, 255, 248, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #94fff8;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #94fff8, #94BFFF);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #94fff8

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#94fff8 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyTravelHealthcareMedia
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

#94fff8, answered

What color is #94fff8?

#94fff8 is a light electric cyan, closest to Cyan (ΔE2000 6.6). It sits at 176° on the hue wheel with 100% saturation and 79% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #94fff8?

rgb(148, 255, 248) — 148 red, 255 green and 248 blue out of 255, or 58% / 100% / 97.3% by channel.

Is #94fff8 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8459 and perceived brightness is 89%, so black text on it reaches 17.92:1.

Should I use black or white text on #94fff8?

Black. It scores 17.92:1 against #94fff8, versus 1.17:1 for white — AAA at any size.

What is the complementary color of #94fff8?

#FF949B sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #FF94D0 and #FFC294, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #94fff8?

For interface work: #F4FAFA as the surface, #C0EDEA for borders, #4B9B96 for secondary text, #CC0041 as an accent and #008077 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #94FFC2 and #94D0FF stays calm, while #FF949B is the loudest partner.

What is #94fff8 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(42%, 0%, 3%, 0%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #94fff8 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 86 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #94FFD1; nudged cooler, #94DFFF.

Work with #94fff8 in the Color Lab