#8EC6EB#8EC6EB

#8EC6EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.078 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC6EB
RGB	rgb(142, 198, 235)
HSL	hsl(204, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(204, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 15.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.36, -8.89, -24.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.36, 25.64, 249.71°)
OKLab	oklab(80.11% -0.0415 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(80.11% 0.078 238)
XYZ	xyz(46.3398, 52.1343, 86.2023)
Luminance	0.5214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC6EB #EBB38E

analogous

#8EEBE2 #8EC6EB #8E98EB

triadic

#8EC6EB #EB8EC6 #C6EB8E

tetradic

#8EC6EB #E28EEB #EBB38E #98EB8E

square

#8EC6EB #E28EEB #EBB38E #98EB8E

split-complementary

#8EC6EB #EB8E98 #EBE28E

monochromatic

#2691D8 #5AACE2 #8EC6EB #C2E0F4 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#8EC6EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#8EC6EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC6EB

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC6EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC6EB	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C5ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BBEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BCFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec6eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 198, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.078 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d7f1',
    500: '#8ec6eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec6eb;
$custom-light: #b2d7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec6eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.871,
    "s": 69.925,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80112,
    "c": 0.07831,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.52137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC6EB

secondary

#C68358

accent

#5F14D2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC6EB

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

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