#8EBCED#8EBCED

#8EBCED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.086 H 250.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EBCED
RGB	rgb(142, 188, 237)
HSL	hsl(211, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(211, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 20.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.72, -3.01, -29.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.72, 29.33, 264.12°)
OKLab	oklab(78.05% -0.0286 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(78.05% 0.086 250.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.4196, 47.8291, 86.9957)
Luminance	0.4783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EBCED #EDBF8E

analogous

#8EECED #8EBCED #908EED

triadic

#8EBCED #ED8EBC #BCED8E

tetradic

#8EBCED #ED8EEC #EDBF8E #8EED90

square

#8EBCED #ED8EEC #EDBF8E #8EED90

split-complementary

#8EBCED #ED908E #ECED8E

monochromatic

#247DDC #599DE5 #8EBCED #C3DBF5 #E5EFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#8EBCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#8EBCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EBCED

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EBCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EBCED	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BDEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CC7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ebced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 188, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.086 250.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d0f3',
    500: '#8ebced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ebced;
$custom-light: #b2d0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ebced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.947,
    "s": 72.519,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78051,
    "c": 0.08577,
    "h": 250.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EBCED

secondary

#F2E6D9

accent

#7611D5

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EBCED

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

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