#8EC4E6#8EC4E6

#8EC4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.074 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC4E6
RGB	rgb(142, 196, 230)
HSL	hsl(203, 64%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(203, 38%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 14.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.64, -9.13, -22.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.64, 24.24, 247.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% -0.0409 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.074 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.1734, 50.9412, 82.2999)
Luminance	0.5094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC4E6 #E6B08E

analogous

#8EE6DC #8EC4E6 #8E98E6

triadic

#8EC4E6 #E68EC4 #C4E68E

tetradic

#8EC4E6 #DC8EE6 #E6B08E #98E68E

square

#8EC4E6 #DC8EE6 #E6B08E #98E68E

split-complementary

#8EC4E6 #E68E98 #E6DC8E

monochromatic

#2D8FCC #5CAADB #8EC4E6 #C0DEF1 #E6F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#8EC4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#8EC4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC4E6

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC4E6	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C3E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ECDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 196, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.074 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d5ee',
    500: '#8ec4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec4e6;
$custom-light: #b2d5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.182,
    "s": 63.768,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79488,
    "c": 0.07416,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC4E6

secondary

#BF8059

accent

#5F1ACC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC4E6

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

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