#8EC5EA#8EC5EA

#8EC5EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.078 H 238.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC5EA
RGB	rgb(142, 197, 234)
HSL	hsl(204, 69%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(204, 39%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 15.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.05, -8.62, -23.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.05, 25.48, 250.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% -0.0407 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.078 238.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.9679, 51.6210, 85.3676)
Luminance	0.5162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC5EA #EAB38E

analogous

#8EEAE1 #8EC5EA #8E97EA

triadic

#8EC5EA #EA8EC5 #C5EA8E

tetradic

#8EC5EA #E18EEA #EAB38E #97EA8E

square

#8EC5EA #E18EEA #EAB38E #97EA8E

split-complementary

#8EC5EA #EA8E97 #EAE18E

monochromatic

#2890D6 #5AABE0 #8EC5EA #C2DFF4 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#8EC5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#8EC5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC5EA

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC5EA	1.00	1.85	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BAE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CCED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 197, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.078 238.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d6f0',
    500: '#8ec5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec5ea;
$custom-light: #b2d6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.13,
    "s": 68.657,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79858,
    "c": 0.07769,
    "h": 238.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC5EA

secondary

#C48358

accent

#6015D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC5EA

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

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