#8EC6DA#8EC6DA

#8EC6DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.064 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC6DA
RGB	rgb(142, 198, 218)
HSL	hsl(196, 51%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(196, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 9.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.80, -13.21, -15.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.80, 20.55, 230.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.48% -0.0477 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(79.48% 0.064 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.0001, 51.1984, 73.8799)
Luminance	0.5120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC6DA #DAA28E

analogous

#8EDAC8 #8EC6DA #8EA0DA

triadic

#8EC6DA #DA8EC6 #C6DA8E

tetradic

#8EC6DA #C88EDA #DAA28E #A0DA8E

square

#8EC6DA #C88EDA #DAA28E #A0DA8E

split-complementary

#8EC6DA #DA8EA0 #DAC88E

monochromatic

#3B93B3 #60AFCB #8EC6DA #BCDDE9 #E8F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#8EC6DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#8EC6DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC6DA

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC6DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC6DA	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC3DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73CDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec6da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 198, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.064 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d7e5',
    500: '#8ec6da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec6da;
$custom-light: #b1d7e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec6da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 50.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79481,
    "c": 0.06437,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC6DA

secondary

#B1725B

accent

#4F27BE

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC6DA

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

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