#8EC6EA#8EC6EA

#8EC6EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.077 H 237.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC6EA
RGB	rgb(142, 198, 234)
HSL	hsl(203, 69%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(203, 39%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 15.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.33, -9.15, -23.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.33, 25.28, 248.78°)
OKLab	oklab(80.07% -0.0419 -0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(80.07% 0.077 237.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.1957, 52.0767, 85.4436)
Luminance	0.5208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC6EA #EAB28E

analogous

#8EEAE0 #8EC6EA #8E98EA

triadic

#8EC6EA #EA8EC6 #C6EA8E

tetradic

#8EC6EA #E08EEA #EAB28E #98EA8E

square

#8EC6EA #E08EEA #EAB28E #98EA8E

split-complementary

#8EC6EA #EA8E98 #EAE08E

monochromatic

#2892D6 #5AACE0 #8EC6EA #C2E0F4 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#8EC6EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#8EC6EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC6EA

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC6EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC6EA	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C5EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BBE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CCFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec6ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 198, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.077 237.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d7f0',
    500: '#8ec6ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec6ea;
$custom-light: #b2d7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec6ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.478,
    "s": 68.657,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80073,
    "c": 0.07735,
    "h": 237.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC6EA

secondary

#C48258

accent

#5E15D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC6EA

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

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