#8EA8CC#8EA8CC

#8EA8CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.060 H 256.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA8CC
RGB	rgb(142, 168, 204)
HSL	hsl(215, 38%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(215, 30%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 17.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, -0.58, -21.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 21.28, 268.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0139 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.06 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0539, 38.1143, 62.5722)
Luminance	0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA8CC #CCB28E

analogous

#8EC7CC #8EA8CC #938ECC

triadic

#8EA8CC #CC8EA8 #A8CC8E

tetradic

#8EA8CC #CC8EC7 #CCB28E #8ECC93

square

#8EA8CC #CC8EC7 #CCB28E #8ECC93

split-complementary

#8EA8CC #CC938E #C7CC8E

monochromatic

#46699A #6488B9 #8EA8CC #B8C8DF #E2E9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#8EA8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#8EA8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA8CC

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA8CC	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A3CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CB0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 168, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.060 256.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c1db',
    500: '#8ea8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea8cc;
$custom-light: #b0c1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.839,
    "s": 37.805,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7246,
    "c": 0.0601,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA8CC

secondary

#E4DCD1

accent

#7D35B1

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F7FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#111215

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA8CC

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

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