#8EC8EA#8EC8EA

#8EC8EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.077 H 234.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC8EA
RGB	rgb(142, 200, 234)
HSL	hsl(202, 69%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(202, 39%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 14.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.87, -10.21, -22.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.87, 24.92, 245.82°)
OKLab	oklab(80.51% -0.0443 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(80.51% 0.077 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.6559, 52.9970, 85.5969)
Luminance	0.5300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC8EA #EAB08E

analogous

#8EEADE #8EC8EA #8E9AEA

triadic

#8EC8EA #EA8EC8 #C8EA8E

tetradic

#8EC8EA #DE8EEA #EAB08E #9AEA8E

square

#8EC8EA #DE8EEA #EAB08E #9AEA8E

split-complementary

#8EC8EA #EA8E9A #EADE8E

monochromatic

#2896D6 #5AAFE0 #8EC8EA #C2E1F4 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#8EC8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#8EC8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC8EA

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC8EA	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C6EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBCE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BD1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 200, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.077 234.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d8f0',
    500: '#8ec8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec8ea;
$custom-light: #b2d8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.174,
    "s": 68.657,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80506,
    "c": 0.07679,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC8EA

secondary

#C48058

accent

#5A15D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC8EA

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

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