#8EC4EE#8EC4EE

#8EC4EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.082 H 242.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC4EE
RGB	rgb(142, 196, 238)
HSL	hsl(206, 74%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(206, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 17.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.92, -7.04, -26.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.92, 27.26, 255.03°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% -0.0381 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.082 242.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.3227, 51.4009, 88.3528)
Luminance	0.5140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC4EE #EEB88E

analogous

#8EEEE8 #8EC4EE #8E94EE

triadic

#8EC4EE #EE8EC4 #C4EE8E

tetradic

#8EC4EE #E88EEE #EEB88E #94EE8E

square

#8EC4EE #E88EEE #EEB88E #94EE8E

split-complementary

#8EC4EE #EE8E94 #EEE88E

monochromatic

#248CDE #59A8E6 #8EC4EE #C3E0F6 #E4F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#8EC4EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#8EC4EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC4EE

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC4EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC4EE	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C4F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B9ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ACED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec4ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 196, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.082 242.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d5f3',
    500: '#8ec4ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec4ee;
$custom-light: #b2d5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec4ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.25,
    "s": 73.846,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79799,
    "c": 0.08218,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC4EE

secondary

#C98957

accent

#6610D6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC4EE

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

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