#8EC5FF#8EC5FF

#8EC5FF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.101 H 250.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC5FF
RGB	rgb(142, 197, 255)
HSL	hsl(211, 100%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(211, 44%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 22.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.82, -3.01, -34.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.82, 34.21, 264.95°)
OKLab	oklab(80.71% -0.0337 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(80.71% 0.101 250.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.1655, 52.9001, 102.2084)
Luminance	0.5290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC5FF #FFC88E

analogous

#8EFEFF #8EC5FF #8F8EFF

triadic

#8EC5FF #FF8EC5 #C5FF8E

tetradic

#8EC5FF #FF8EFE #FFC88E #8EFF8F

square

#8EC5FF #FF8EFE #FFC88E #8EFF8F

split-complementary

#8EC5FF #FF8F8E #FEFF8E

monochromatic

#1486FF #51A6FF #8EC5FF #CBE4FF #E0EFFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#8EC5FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#8EC5FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC5FF

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC5FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC5FF	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0BBFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60D2D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec5ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 197, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.101 250.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4d6ff',
    500: '#8ec5ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec5ff;
$custom-light: #b4d6ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec5ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.796,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80711,
    "c": 0.10066,
    "h": 250.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC5FF

secondary

#E09B51

accent

#7600E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#111418

muted

#818386

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC5FF

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

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