#8EBCDC#8EBCDC

#8EBCDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.067 H 239.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EBCDC
RGB	rgb(142, 188, 220)
HSL	hsl(205, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(205, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, -7.43, -20.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 22.17, 250.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.38% -0.0344 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(77.38% 0.067 239.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.0527, 46.8823, 74.5296)
Luminance	0.4688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EBCDC #DCAE8E

analogous

#8EDCD5 #8EBCDC #8E95DC

triadic

#8EBCDC #DC8EBC #BCDC8E

tetradic

#8EBCDC #D58EDC #DCAE8E #95DC8E

square

#8EBCDC #D58EDC #DCAE8E #95DC8E

split-complementary

#8EBCDC #DC8E95 #DCD58E

monochromatic

#3983B7 #5FA0CE #8EBCDC #BDD8EA #E8F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#8EBCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#8EBCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EBCDC

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EBCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EBCDC	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBBDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74C4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ebcdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 188, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.067 239.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d0e7',
    500: '#8ebcdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ebcdc;
$custom-light: #b1d0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ebcdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.615,
    "s": 52.703,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77376,
    "c": 0.06698,
    "h": 239.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EBCDC

secondary

#EDE1D9

accent

#6525C0

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111416

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EBCDC

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

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