#8EC0DC#8EC0DC

#8EC0DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.066 H 233.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC0DC
RGB	rgb(142, 192, 220)
HSL	hsl(202, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(202, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 12.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -9.56, -19.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 21.47, 243.57°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% -0.0395 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.066 233.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.9190, 48.6150, 74.8184)
Luminance	0.4862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC0DC #DCAA8E

analogous

#8EDCD1 #8EC0DC #8E99DC

triadic

#8EC0DC #DC8EC0 #C0DC8E

tetradic

#8EC0DC #D18EDC #DCAA8E #99DC8E

square

#8EC0DC #D18EDC #DCAA8E #99DC8E

split-complementary

#8EC0DC #DC8E99 #DCD18E

monochromatic

#398AB7 #5FA6CE #8EC0DC #BDDAEA #E8F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#8EC0DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#8EC0DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC0DC

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC0DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC0DC	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B5DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec0dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 192, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.066 233.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d3e7',
    500: '#8ec0dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec0dc;
$custom-light: #b1d3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec0dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.538,
    "s": 52.703,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78243,
    "c": 0.06595,
    "h": 233.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC0DC

secondary

#EDE0D9

accent

#5D25C0

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111416

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC0DC

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

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