#8EC2ED#8EC2ED

#8EC2ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.082 H 244.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC2ED
RGB	rgb(142, 194, 237)
HSL	hsl(207, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(207, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 18.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.34, -6.24, -26.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.34, 27.40, 256.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% -0.036 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.082 244)
XYZ	xyz(45.7281, 50.4461, 87.4319)
Luminance	0.5045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC2ED #EDB98E

analogous

#8EEDE9 #8EC2ED #8E93ED

triadic

#8EC2ED #ED8EC2 #C2ED8E

tetradic

#8EC2ED #E98EED #EDB98E #93ED8E

square

#8EC2ED #E98EED #EDB98E #93ED8E

split-complementary

#8EC2ED #ED8E93 #EDE98E

monochromatic

#2489DC #59A6E5 #8EC2ED #C3DEF5 #E5F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#8EC2ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#8EC2ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC2ED

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC2ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC2ED	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C2EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B8EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BCCD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec2ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 194, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.082 244.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d4f3',
    500: '#8ec2ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec2ed;
$custom-light: #b2d4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec2ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.158,
    "s": 72.519,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79331,
    "c": 0.0821,
    "h": 244
  },
  "luminance": 0.50449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC2ED

secondary

#C88A57

accent

#6911D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC2ED

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

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