#8EBDDD#8EBDDD

#8EBDDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.068 H 238.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EBDDD
RGB	rgb(142, 189, 221)
HSL	hsl(204, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(204, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.42, -7.71, -20.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.42, 22.34, 249.81°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% -0.0353 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.068 238.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.3999, 47.3642, 75.3007)
Luminance	0.4737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EBDDD #DDAE8E

analogous

#8EDDD5 #8EBDDD #8E95DD

triadic

#8EBDDD #DD8EBD #BDDD8E

tetradic

#8EBDDD #D58EDD #DDAE8E #95DD8E

square

#8EBDDD #D58EDD #DDAE8E #95DD8E

split-complementary

#8EBDDD #DD8E95 #DDD58E

monochromatic

#3885B9 #5FA2CF #8EBDDD #BDD8EB #E7F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#8EBDDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#8EBDDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EBDDD

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EBDDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EBDDD	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBCDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73C5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ebddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 189, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.068 238.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ebddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.304,
    "s": 53.741,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7763,
    "c": 0.06763,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EBDDD

secondary

#EEE1D9

accent

#6424C1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111416

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EBDDD

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

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