#8CC2EC#8CC2EC

#8CC2EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.082 H 242.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CC2EC
RGB	rgb(140, 194, 236)
HSL	hsl(206, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(206, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 17.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.20, -7.02, -26.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.20, 27.29, 255.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% -0.0381 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.082 242.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.2423, 50.2124, 86.6486)
Luminance	0.5021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CC2EC #ECB68C

analogous

#8CECE6 #8CC2EC #8C92EC

triadic

#8CC2EC #EC8CC2 #C2EC8C

tetradic

#8CC2EC #E68CEC #ECB68C #92EC8C

square

#8CC2EC #E68CEC #ECB68C #92EC8C

split-complementary

#8CC2EC #EC8C92 #ECE68C

monochromatic

#248ADA #57A6E3 #8CC2EC #C1DEF5 #E5F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#8CC2EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#8CC2EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CC2EC

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CC2EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CC2EC	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C2EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68CCD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cc2ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 194, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.082 242.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d4f2',
    500: '#8cc2ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cc2ec;
$custom-light: #b1d4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cc2ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.25,
    "s": 71.642,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79178,
    "c": 0.08231,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CC2EC

secondary

#C78755

accent

#6712D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CC2EC

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

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