#8EC2E6#8EC2E6

#8EC2E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.075 H 239.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC2E6
RGB	rgb(142, 194, 230)
HSL	hsl(205, 64%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(205, 38%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 15.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.10, -8.07, -23.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.10, 24.64, 250.90°)
OKLab	oklab(79.06% -0.0384 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(79.06% 0.075 239.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.7253, 50.0449, 82.1505)
Luminance	0.5005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC2E6 #E6B28E

analogous

#8EE6DE #8EC2E6 #8E96E6

triadic

#8EC2E6 #E68EC2 #C2E68E

tetradic

#8EC2E6 #DE8EE6 #E6B28E #96E68E

square

#8EC2E6 #DE8EE6 #E6B28E #96E68E

split-complementary

#8EC2E6 #E68E96 #E6DE8E

monochromatic

#2D8BCC #5CA7DB #8EC2E6 #C0DDF1 #E6F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#8EC2E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#8EC2E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC2E6

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC2E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC2E6	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C1E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B7E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ECBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec2e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 194, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.075 239.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d4ee',
    500: '#8ec2e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec2e6;
$custom-light: #b2d4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec2e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.545,
    "s": 63.768,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79056,
    "c": 0.07481,
    "h": 239.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC2E6

secondary

#BF8359

accent

#631ACC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC2E6

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

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