#8EC4E5#8EC4E5

#8EC4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.073 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC4E5
RGB	rgb(142, 196, 229)
HSL	hsl(203, 63%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(203, 38%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 14.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.61, -9.38, -21.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.61, 23.89, 246.87°)
OKLab	oklab(79.45% -0.0412 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(79.45% 0.073 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.0334, 50.8852, 81.5624)
Luminance	0.5089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC4E5 #E5AF8E

analogous

#8EE5DB #8EC4E5 #8E98E5

triadic

#8EC4E5 #E58EC4 #C4E58E

tetradic

#8EC4E5 #DB8EE5 #E5AF8E #98E58E

square

#8EC4E5 #DB8EE5 #E5AF8E #98E58E

split-complementary

#8EC4E5 #E58E98 #E5DB8E

monochromatic

#2F8FCA #5CAADA #8EC4E5 #C0DEF0 #E6F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#8EC4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#8EC4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC4E5

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC4E5	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C3E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B9E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ECDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 196, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.073 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d5ed',
    500: '#8ec4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec4e5;
$custom-light: #b2d5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.759,
    "s": 62.59,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7945,
    "c": 0.07322,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC4E5

secondary

#BE7F59

accent

#5E1BCA

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC4E5

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

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