#8EC4E4#8EC4E4

#8EC4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.072 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC4E4
RGB	rgb(142, 196, 228)
HSL	hsl(202, 61%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(202, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 14%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.58, -9.64, -21.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.58, 23.54, 245.83°)
OKLab	oklab(79.41% -0.0416 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(79.41% 0.072 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.8942, 50.8295, 80.8292)
Luminance	0.5083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC4E4 #E4AE8E

analogous

#8EE4D9 #8EC4E4 #8E99E4

triadic

#8EC4E4 #E48EC4 #C4E48E

tetradic

#8EC4E4 #D98EE4 #E4AE8E #99E48E

square

#8EC4E4 #D98EE4 #E4AE8E #99E48E

split-complementary

#8EC4E4 #E48E99 #E4D98E

monochromatic

#308FC8 #5DAAD8 #8EC4E4 #BFDEF0 #E6F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#8EC4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#8EC4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC4E4

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC4E4	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C2E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B9E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FCCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 196, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.072 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d5ec',
    500: '#8ec4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec4e4;
$custom-light: #b2d5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.326,
    "s": 61.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79412,
    "c": 0.0723,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC4E4

secondary

#BD7E59

accent

#5D1CC9

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC4E4

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

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