#8EC2E8#8EC2E8

#8EC2E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.077 H 240.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC2E8
RGB	rgb(142, 194, 232)
HSL	hsl(205, 66%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(205, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 16.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.17, -7.55, -24.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.17, 25.41, 252.72°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% -0.0377 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.077 240.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.0078, 50.1579, 83.6381)
Luminance	0.5016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC2E8 #E8B48E

analogous

#8EE8E1 #8EC2E8 #8E95E8

triadic

#8EC2E8 #E88EC2 #C2E88E

tetradic

#8EC2E8 #E18EE8 #E8B48E #95E88E

square

#8EC2E8 #E18EE8 #E8B48E #95E88E

split-complementary

#8EC2E8 #E88E95 #E8E18E

monochromatic

#2B8BD1 #5BA7DE #8EC2E8 #C1DDF2 #E6F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#8EC2E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#8EC2E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC2E8

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC2E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC2E8	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C1EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B8E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DCBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec2e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 194, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.077 240.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d4ef',
    500: '#8ec2e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec2e8;
$custom-light: #b2d4ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec2e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.333,
    "s": 66.176,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79133,
    "c": 0.07683,
    "h": 240.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC2E8

secondary

#C28558

accent

#6517CE

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC2E8

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

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