#8EC3E3#8EC3E3

#8EC3E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.072 H 235.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC3E3
RGB	rgb(142, 195, 227)
HSL	hsl(203, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(203, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 14.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.27, -9.37, -21.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.27, 23.37, 246.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% -0.0407 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.072 235.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.5310, 50.3245, 80.0253)
Luminance	0.5033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC3E3 #E3AE8E

analogous

#8EE3D8 #8EC3E3 #8E99E3

triadic

#8EC3E3 #E38EC3 #C3E38E

tetradic

#8EC3E3 #D88EE3 #E3AE8E #99E38E

square

#8EC3E3 #D88EE3 #E3AE8E #99E38E

split-complementary

#8EC3E3 #E38E99 #E3D88E

monochromatic

#318EC6 #5DA9D7 #8EC3E3 #BFDDEF #E6F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#8EC3E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#8EC3E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC3E3

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC3E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC3E3	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)

#B4C1E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B8E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FCBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec3e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 195, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.072 235.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d5eb',
    500: '#8ec3e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec3e3;
$custom-light: #b2d5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec3e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.588,
    "s": 60.284,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79157,
    "c": 0.07162,
    "h": 235.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC3E3

secondary

#BC7E59

accent

#5E1EC8

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC3E3

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

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