#8EC4E2#8EC4E2

#8EC4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.070 H 233.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC4E2
RGB	rgb(142, 196, 226)
HSL	hsl(201, 59%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(201, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 13.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.51, -10.15, -20.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.51, 22.88, 243.66°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% -0.0423 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.071 233.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.6182, 50.7191, 79.3755)
Luminance	0.5072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC4E2 #E2AC8E

analogous

#8EE2D6 #8EC4E2 #8E9AE2

triadic

#8EC4E2 #E28EC4 #C4E28E

tetradic

#8EC4E2 #D68EE2 #E2AC8E #9AE28E

square

#8EC4E2 #D68EE2 #E2AC8E #9AE28E

split-complementary

#8EC4E2 #E28E9A #E2D68E

monochromatic

#3290C3 #5DABD6 #8EC4E2 #BFDDEE #E7F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#8EC4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#8EC4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC4E2

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC4E2	1.00	1.88	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C2E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB9E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70CCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 196, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.070 233.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d5eb',
    500: '#8ec4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec4e2;
$custom-light: #b2d5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.429,
    "s": 59.155,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79336,
    "c": 0.0705,
    "h": 233.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC4E2

secondary

#BB7C5A

accent

#5B1FC7

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC4E2

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

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