#8EC4DB#8EC4DB

#8EC4DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.065 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC4DB
RGB	rgb(142, 196, 219)
HSL	hsl(198, 52%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(198, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 10.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.28, -11.91, -17.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.28, 20.82, 235.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.08% -0.0449 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(79.08% 0.065 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.6772, 50.3427, 74.4198)
Luminance	0.5034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC4DB #DBA58E

analogous

#8EDBCB #8EC4DB #8E9DDB

triadic

#8EC4DB #DB8EC4 #C4DB8E

tetradic

#8EC4DB #CB8EDB #DBA58E #9DDB8E

square

#8EC4DB #CB8EDB #DBA58E #9DDB8E

split-complementary

#8EC4DB #DB8E9D #DBCB8E

monochromatic

#3A90B5 #60ACCC #8EC4DB #BCDCEA #E8F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#8EC4DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#8EC4DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC4DB

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC4DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC4DB	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)

#B8C1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB8DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73CBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec4db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 196, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.065 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d5e6',
    500: '#8ec4db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec4db;
$custom-light: #b1d5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec4db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.922,
    "s": 51.678,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79079,
    "c": 0.06486,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC4DB

secondary

#B2755B

accent

#5426BF

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC4DB

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

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