#8EC2EB#8EC2EB

#8EC2EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.080 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC2EB
RGB	rgb(142, 194, 235)
HSL	hsl(206, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(206, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 17.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.27, -6.76, -25.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.27, 26.59, 255.26°)
OKLab	oklab(79.25% -0.0366 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(79.25% 0.08 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.4376, 50.3298, 85.9015)
Luminance	0.5033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC2EB #EBB78E

analogous

#8EEBE6 #8EC2EB #8E94EB

triadic

#8EC2EB #EB8EC2 #C2EB8E

tetradic

#8EC2EB #E68EEB #EBB78E #94EB8E

square

#8EC2EB #E68EEB #EBB78E #94EB8E

split-complementary

#8EC2EB #EB8E94 #EBE68E

monochromatic

#268AD8 #5AA6E2 #8EC2EB #C2DEF4 #E5F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#8EC2EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#8EC2EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC2EB

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC2EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC2EB	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C2ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B8EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CCCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec2eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 194, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.080 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d4f1',
    500: '#8ec2eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec2eb;
$custom-light: #b2d4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec2eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.452,
    "s": 69.925,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79251,
    "c": 0.07996,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC2EB

secondary

#C68858

accent

#6714D2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC2EB

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

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