#8EC4E9#8EC4E9

#8EC4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.077 H 238.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC4E9
RGB	rgb(142, 196, 233)
HSL	hsl(204, 67%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(204, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 15.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, -8.35, -23.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 25.33, 250.75°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% -0.0398 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.077 238.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.5984, 51.1111, 84.5377)
Luminance	0.5111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC4E9 #E9B38E

analogous

#8EE9E0 #8EC4E9 #8E96E9

triadic

#8EC4E9 #E98EC4 #C4E98E

tetradic

#8EC4E9 #E08EE9 #E9B38E #96E98E

square

#8EC4E9 #E08EE9 #E9B38E #96E98E

split-complementary

#8EC4E9 #E98E96 #E9E08E

monochromatic

#298ED3 #5BA9DF #8EC4E9 #C1DFF3 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#8EC4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#8EC4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC4E9

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC4E9	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C3EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B9E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DCDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 196, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.077 238.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d5f0',
    500: '#8ec4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec4e9;
$custom-light: #b2d5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.396,
    "s": 67.407,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79603,
    "c": 0.07706,
    "h": 238.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC4E9

secondary

#C38458

accent

#6116CF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC4E9

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

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