#8EC6EE#8EC6EE

#8EC6EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.081 H 240.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC6EE
RGB	rgb(142, 198, 238)
HSL	hsl(205, 74%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(205, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 16.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.47, -8.11, -25.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.47, 26.76, 252.37°)
OKLab	oklab(80.23% -0.0405 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(80.23% 0.081 240.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.7769, 52.3091, 88.5042)
Luminance	0.5231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC6EE #EEB68E

analogous

#8EEEE6 #8EC6EE #8E96EE

triadic

#8EC6EE #EE8EC6 #C6EE8E

tetradic

#8EC6EE #E68EEE #EEB68E #96EE8E

square

#8EC6EE #E68EEE #EEB68E #96EE8E

split-complementary

#8EC6EE #EE8E96 #EEE68E

monochromatic

#2490DE #59ABE6 #8EC6EE #C3E1F6 #E4F2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#8EC6EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#8EC6EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC6EE

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC6EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC6EE	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BBED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AD0D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec6ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 198, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.081 240.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d7f3',
    500: '#8ec6ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec6ee;
$custom-light: #b2d7f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec6ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 73.846,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80229,
    "c": 0.0813,
    "h": 240.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC6EE

secondary

#C98757

accent

#6210D6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC6EE

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

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