#8EC7E4#8EC7E4

#8EC7E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.072 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC7E4
RGB	rgb(142, 199, 228)
HSL	hsl(200, 61%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(200, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 12.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.40, -11.22, -20.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.40, 23.13, 240.99°)
OKLab	oklab(80.06% -0.0453 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(80.06% 0.072 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.5777, 52.1964, 81.0570)
Luminance	0.5220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC7E4 #E4AB8E

analogous

#8EE4D6 #8EC7E4 #8E9CE4

triadic

#8EC7E4 #E48EC7 #C7E48E

tetradic

#8EC7E4 #D68EE4 #E4AB8E #9CE48E

square

#8EC7E4 #D68EE4 #E4AB8E #9CE48E

split-complementary

#8EC7E4 #E48E9C #E4D68E

monochromatic

#3095C8 #5DAFD8 #8EC7E4 #BFDFF0 #E6F3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#8EC7E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#8EC7E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC7E4

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC7E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC7E4	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C5E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBBE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ECFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec7e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 199, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.072 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d8ec',
    500: '#8ec7e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec7e4;
$custom-light: #b2d8ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec7e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.233,
    "s": 61.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80063,
    "c": 0.07175,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC7E4

secondary

#BD7B59

accent

#571CC9

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC7E4

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

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