#8EC4E1#8EC4E1

#8EC4E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.070 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC4E1
RGB	rgb(142, 196, 225)
HSL	hsl(201, 58%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(201, 37%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 12.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.48, -10.40, -20.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.48, 22.56, 242.53°)
OKLab	oklab(79.3% -0.0427 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(79.3% 0.07 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.4814, 50.6643, 78.6549)
Luminance	0.5067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC4E1 #E1AB8E

analogous

#8EE1D5 #8EC4E1 #8E9BE1

triadic

#8EC4E1 #E18EC4 #C4E18E

tetradic

#8EC4E1 #D58EE1 #E1AB8E #9BE18E

square

#8EC4E1 #D58EE1 #E1AB8E #9BE18E

split-complementary

#8EC4E1 #E18E9B #E1D58E

monochromatic

#3390C1 #5EABD4 #8EC4E1 #BEDDEE #E7F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#8EC4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#8EC4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC4E1

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC4E1	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C2E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB9E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70CCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 196, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.070 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d5ea',
    500: '#8ec4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec4e1;
$custom-light: #b2d5ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.964,
    "s": 58.042,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79299,
    "c": 0.06964,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC4E1

secondary

#B97B5A

accent

#5A20C6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC4E1

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

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