#8EC4E7#8EC4E7

#8EC4E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.075 H 237.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC4E7
RGB	rgb(142, 196, 231)
HSL	hsl(204, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(204, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 15.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.68, -8.87, -22.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.68, 24.60, 248.86°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% -0.0405 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.075 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.3143, 50.9975, 83.0416)
Luminance	0.5100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC4E7 #E7B18E

analogous

#8EE7DE #8EC4E7 #8E97E7

triadic

#8EC4E7 #E78EC4 #C4E78E

tetradic

#8EC4E7 #DE8EE7 #E7B18E #97E78E

square

#8EC4E7 #DE8EE7 #E7B18E #97E78E

split-complementary

#8EC4E7 #E78E97 #E7DE8E

monochromatic

#2C8FCF #5CAADC #8EC4E7 #C0DEF2 #E6F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#8EC4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#8EC4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC4E7

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC4E7	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C3E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B9E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DCDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 196, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.075 237.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d5ee',
    500: '#8ec4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec4e7;
$custom-light: #b2d5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.596,
    "s": 64.964,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79526,
    "c": 0.07511,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC4E7

secondary

#C18159

accent

#6019CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC4E7

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

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