#8EC4E8#8EC4E8

#8EC4E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.076 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC4E8
RGB	rgb(142, 196, 232)
HSL	hsl(204, 66%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(204, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 15.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.71, -8.61, -23.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.71, 24.96, 249.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.0401 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.076 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.4559, 51.0541, 83.7875)
Luminance	0.5106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC4E8 #E8B28E

analogous

#8EE8DF #8EC4E8 #8E97E8

triadic

#8EC4E8 #E88EC4 #C4E88E

tetradic

#8EC4E8 #DF8EE8 #E8B28E #97E88E

square

#8EC4E8 #DF8EE8 #E8B28E #97E88E

split-complementary

#8EC4E8 #E88E97 #E8DF8E

monochromatic

#2B8ED1 #5BA9DE #8EC4E8 #C1DFF2 #E6F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#8EC4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#8EC4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC4E8

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC4E8	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C3EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DCDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 196, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.076 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d5ef',
    500: '#8ec4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec4e8;
$custom-light: #b2d5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 66.176,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79565,
    "c": 0.07608,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC4E8

secondary

#C28358

accent

#6017CE

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC4E8

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

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