#8EBCD8#8EBCD8

#8EBCD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.063 H 235.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EBCD8
RGB	rgb(142, 188, 216)
HSL	hsl(203, 49%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(203, 34%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 13%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.98, -8.44, -18.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.98, 20.72, 245.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.0359 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.063 235.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.5293, 46.6729, 71.7730)
Luminance	0.4667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EBCD8 #D8AA8E

analogous

#8ED8CF #8EBCD8 #8E97D8

triadic

#8EBCD8 #D88EBC #BCD88E

tetradic

#8EBCD8 #CF8ED8 #D8AA8E #97D88E

square

#8EBCD8 #CF8ED8 #D8AA8E #97D88E

split-complementary

#8EBCD8 #D88E97 #D8CF8E

monochromatic

#3C84AF #61A1C8 #8EBCD8 #BBD7E8 #E8F2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#8EBCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#8EBCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EBCD8

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EBCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EBCD8	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBBD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75C3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ebcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 188, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.063 235.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d0e4',
    500: '#8ebcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ebcd8;
$custom-light: #b1d0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ebcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.703,
    "s": 48.684,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77226,
    "c": 0.06313,
    "h": 235.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EBCD8

secondary

#EBDED7

accent

#612ABC

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#111415

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EBCD8

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

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