#8EC8DF#8EC8DF

#8EC8DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.068 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC8DF
RGB	rgb(142, 200, 223)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(197, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 10.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.51, -13.00, -17.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.51, 21.70, 233.18°)
OKLab	oklab(80.1% -0.0484 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(80.1% 0.068 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.1244, 52.3844, 77.5312)
Luminance	0.5239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC8DF #DFA58E

analogous

#8EDFCE #8EC8DF #8EA0DF

triadic

#8EC8DF #DF8EC8 #C8DF8E

tetradic

#8EC8DF #CE8EDF #DFA58E #A0DF8E

square

#8EC8DF #CE8EDF #DFA58E #A0DF8E

split-complementary

#8EC8DF #DF8EA0 #DFCE8E

monochromatic

#3697BD #5EB1D1 #8EC8DF #BEDFED #E7F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#8EC8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#8EC8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC8DF

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC8DF	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC5E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBBDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70CFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 200, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.068 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d8e9',
    500: '#8ec8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec8df;
$custom-light: #b2d8e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.037,
    "s": 55.862,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80098,
    "c": 0.06792,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC8DF

secondary

#B7755A

accent

#5022C3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC8DF

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

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