#8EC2EA#8EC2EA

#8EC2EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.079 H 242.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC2EA
RGB	rgb(142, 194, 234)
HSL	hsl(206, 69%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(206, 39%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 17.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.24, -7.03, -25.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.24, 26.19, 254.44°)
OKLab	oklab(79.21% -0.037 -0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(79.21% 0.079 242)
XYZ	xyz(45.2935, 50.2722, 85.1428)
Luminance	0.5028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC2EA #EAB68E

analogous

#8EEAE4 #8EC2EA #8E94EA

triadic

#8EC2EA #EA8EC2 #C2EA8E

tetradic

#8EC2EA #E48EEA #EAB68E #94EA8E

square

#8EC2EA #E48EEA #EAB68E #94EA8E

split-complementary

#8EC2EA #EA8E94 #EAE48E

monochromatic

#288AD6 #5AA6E0 #8EC2EA #C2DEF4 #E5F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#8EC2EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#8EC2EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC2EA

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC2EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC2EA	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C2EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B8E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CCCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec2ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 194, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.079 242.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d4f0',
    500: '#8ec2ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec2ea;
$custom-light: #b2d4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec2ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.087,
    "s": 68.657,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79212,
    "c": 0.07891,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.50275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC2EA

secondary

#C48758

accent

#6715D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC2EA

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

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