#8EC3DB#8EC3DB

#8EC3DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.065 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC3DB
RGB	rgb(142, 195, 219)
HSL	hsl(199, 52%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(199, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 11%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.00, -11.39, -17.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.00, 20.87, 236.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% -0.0436 -0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.065 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.4524, 49.8931, 74.3448)
Luminance	0.4990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC3DB #DBA68E

analogous

#8EDBCC #8EC3DB #8E9CDB

triadic

#8EC3DB #DB8EC3 #C3DB8E

tetradic

#8EC3DB #CC8EDB #DBA68E #9CDB8E

square

#8EC3DB #CC8EDB #DBA68E #9CDB8E

split-complementary

#8EC3DB #DB8E9C #DBCC8E

monochromatic

#3A8FB5 #60AACC #8EC3DB #BCDCEA #E8F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#8EC3DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#8EC3DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC3DB

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC3DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC3DB	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73CACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec3db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 195, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.065 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d5e6',
    500: '#8ec3db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec3db;
$custom-light: #b1d5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec3db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.701,
    "s": 51.678,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7886,
    "c": 0.06485,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC3DB

secondary

#EDDFD8

accent

#5626BF

background

#FBFDFE

surface

#F6FAFC

border

#D0D3D5

text

#111415

muted

#808384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC3DB

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

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