#8EC4DF#8EC4DF

#8EC4DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.068 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC4DF
RGB	rgb(142, 196, 223)
HSL	hsl(200, 56%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(200, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 12.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.41, -10.91, -19.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.41, 21.94, 240.18°)
OKLab	oklab(79.22% -0.0434 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(79.22% 0.068 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.2101, 50.5558, 77.2264)
Luminance	0.5056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC4DF #DFA98E

analogous

#8EDFD2 #8EC4DF #8E9CDF

triadic

#8EC4DF #DF8EC4 #C4DF8E

tetradic

#8EC4DF #D28EDF #DFA98E #9CDF8E

square

#8EC4DF #D28EDF #DFA98E #9CDF8E

split-complementary

#8EC4DF #DF8E9C #DFD28E

monochromatic

#3690BD #5EABD1 #8EC4DF #BEDDED #E7F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#8EC4DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#8EC4DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC4DF

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC4DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC4DF	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB8DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71CCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec4df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 196, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.068 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d5e9',
    500: '#8ec4df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec4df;
$custom-light: #b2d5e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec4df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 55.862,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79225,
    "c": 0.06796,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC4DF

secondary

#B7795A

accent

#5822C3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC4DF

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

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