#8EC3EF#8EC3EF

#8EC3EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.084 H 244.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC3EF
RGB	rgb(142, 195, 239)
HSL	hsl(207, 75%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(207, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 18.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, -6.25, -27.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 27.94, 257.08°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% -0.0365 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.084 244.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.2452, 51.0102, 89.0538)
Luminance	0.5101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC3EF #EFBA8E

analogous

#8EEFEA #8EC3EF #8E93EF

triadic

#8EC3EF #EF8EC3 #C3EF8E

tetradic

#8EC3EF #EA8EEF #EFBA8E #93EF8E

square

#8EC3EF #EA8EEF #EFBA8E #93EF8E

split-complementary

#8EC3EF #EF8E93 #EFEA8E

monochromatic

#238AE0 #58A7E7 #8EC3EF #C4DFF7 #E4F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#8EC3EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#8EC3EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC3EF

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC3EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC3EF	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C3F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B9EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ACED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec3ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 195, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.084 244.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d5f4',
    500: '#8ec3ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec3ef;
$custom-light: #b2d5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec3ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.216,
    "s": 75.194,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79625,
    "c": 0.08374,
    "h": 244.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC3EF

secondary

#CB8B56

accent

#690ED7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC3EF

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →