#8EC4EA#8EC4EA

#8EC4EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.078 H 239.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC4EA
RGB	rgb(142, 196, 234)
HSL	hsl(205, 69%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(205, 39%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 16.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.78, -8.09, -24.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.78, 25.70, 251.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% -0.0394 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.078 239.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.7416, 51.1684, 85.2922)
Luminance	0.5117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC4EA #EAB48E

analogous

#8EEAE2 #8EC4EA #8E96EA

triadic

#8EC4EA #EA8EC4 #C4EA8E

tetradic

#8EC4EA #E28EEA #EAB48E #96EA8E

square

#8EC4EA #E28EEA #EAB48E #96EA8E

split-complementary

#8EC4EA #EA8E96 #EAE28E

monochromatic

#288ED6 #5AA9E0 #8EC4EA #C2DFF4 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#8EC4EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#8EC4EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC4EA

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC4EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC4EA	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C3EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B9E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CCED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 196, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.078 239.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d5f0',
    500: '#8ec4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec4ea;
$custom-light: #b2d5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.783,
    "s": 68.657,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79642,
    "c": 0.07806,
    "h": 239.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC4EA

secondary

#C48558

accent

#6215D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC4EA

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

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