#8EC3CE#8EC3CE

#8EC3CE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.057 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC3CE
RGB	rgb(142, 195, 206)
HSL	hsl(190, 40%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(190, 31%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 5.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.60, -14.56, -11.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.60, 18.29, 217.22°)
OKLab	oklab(78.4% -0.0486 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(78.4% 0.057 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.8074, 49.2350, 65.6810)
Luminance	0.4924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC3CE #CE998E

analogous

#8ECEB9 #8EC3CE #8EA3CE

triadic

#8EC3CE #CE8EC3 #C3CE8E

tetradic

#8EC3CE #B98ECE #CE998E #A3CE8E

square

#8EC3CE #B98ECE #CE998E #A3CE8E

split-complementary

#8EC3CE #CE8EA3 #CEB98E

monochromatic

#448E9D #63ACBB #8EC3CE #B9DAE1 #E3F0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#8EC3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#8EC3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC3CE

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC3CE	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB7CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78C8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 195, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.057 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d5dd',
    500: '#8ec3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec3ce;
$custom-light: #b1d5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.313,
    "s": 39.506,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78403,
    "c": 0.05722,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC3CE

secondary

#E6D6D2

accent

#4933B2

background

#FBFDFD

surface

#F6FAFB

border

#D0D3D4

text

#111415

muted

#808383

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC3CE

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

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