#8EBCD9#8EBCD9

#8EBCD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.064 H 236.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EBCD9
RGB	rgb(142, 188, 217)
HSL	hsl(203, 50%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(203, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 13.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.01, -8.18, -19.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.01, 21.07, 247.14°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% -0.0355 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.064 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.6589, 46.7248, 72.4559)
Luminance	0.4673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EBCD9 #D9AB8E

analogous

#8ED9D0 #8EBCD9 #8E96D9

triadic

#8EBCD9 #D98EBC #BCD98E

tetradic

#8EBCD9 #D08ED9 #D9AB8E #96D98E

square

#8EBCD9 #D08ED9 #D9AB8E #96D98E

split-complementary

#8EBCD9 #D98E96 #D9D08E

monochromatic

#3C84B1 #60A1CA #8EBCD9 #BCD7E8 #E8F1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#8EBCD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#8EBCD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EBCD9

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EBCD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EBCD9	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBBDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B2D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ebcd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 188, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.064 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d0e4',
    500: '#8ebcd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ebcd9;
$custom-light: #b1d0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ebcd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.2,
    "s": 49.669,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77263,
    "c": 0.06407,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EBCD9

secondary

#ECDFD7

accent

#6229BD

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#111415

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EBCD9

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

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