#8EC8EB#8EC8EB

#8EC8EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.078 H 235.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC8EB
RGB	rgb(142, 200, 235)
HSL	hsl(203, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(203, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 14.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.91, -9.95, -23.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.91, 25.26, 246.81°)
OKLab	oklab(80.54% -0.044 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(80.54% 0.078 235.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.8000, 53.0546, 86.3557)
Luminance	0.5306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC8EB #EBB18E

analogous

#8EEBE0 #8EC8EB #8E9AEB

triadic

#8EC8EB #EB8EC8 #C8EB8E

tetradic

#8EC8EB #E08EEB #EBB18E #9AEB8E

square

#8EC8EB #E08EEB #EBB18E #9AEB8E

split-complementary

#8EC8EB #EB8E9A #EBE08E

monochromatic

#2695D8 #5AAFE2 #8EC8EB #C2E1F4 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#8EC8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#8EC8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC8EB

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC8EB	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C6ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBCEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BD1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 200, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.078 235.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d8f1',
    500: '#8ec8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec8eb;
$custom-light: #b2d8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.581,
    "s": 69.925,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80544,
    "c": 0.0777,
    "h": 235.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC8EB

secondary

#C68158

accent

#5B14D2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC8EB

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

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