#8EBEDD#8EBEDD

#8EBEDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.067 H 237.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EBEDD
RGB	rgb(142, 190, 221)
HSL	hsl(204, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(204, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 14%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, -8.24, -20.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 22.14, 248.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.0366 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.067 237.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.6157, 47.7959, 75.3726)
Luminance	0.4780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EBEDD #DDAD8E

analogous

#8EDDD4 #8EBEDD #8E96DD

triadic

#8EBEDD #DD8EBE #BEDD8E

tetradic

#8EBEDD #D48EDD #DDAD8E #96DD8E

square

#8EBEDD #D48EDD #DDAD8E #96DD8E

split-complementary

#8EBEDD #DD8E96 #DDD48E

monochromatic

#3886B9 #5FA3CF #8EBEDD #BDD9EB #E7F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#8EBEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#8EBEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EBEDD

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EBEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EBEDD	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BDDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73C6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ebedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 190, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.067 237.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d1e7',
    500: '#8ebedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ebedd;
$custom-light: #b1d1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ebedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.544,
    "s": 53.741,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77847,
    "c": 0.06733,
    "h": 237.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EBEDD

secondary

#EEE1D9

accent

#6224C1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111416

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EBEDD

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

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