#8EC9DB#8EC9DB

#8EC9DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.066 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC9DB
RGB	rgb(142, 201, 219)
HSL	hsl(194, 52%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(194, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 8.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.66, -14.52, -14.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.66, 20.87, 225.92°)
OKLab	oklab(80.18% -0.0511 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(80.18% 0.066 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.8239, 52.6360, 74.8020)
Luminance	0.5264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC9DB #DBA08E

analogous

#8EDBC6 #8EC9DB #8EA2DB

triadic

#8EC9DB #DB8EC9 #C9DB8E

tetradic

#8EC9DB #C68EDB #DBA08E #A2DB8E

square

#8EC9DB #C68EDB #DBA08E #A2DB8E

split-complementary

#8EC9DB #DB8EA2 #DBC68E

monochromatic

#3A98B5 #60B3CC #8EC9DB #BCDFEA #E8F4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#8EC9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#8EC9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC9DB

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC9DB	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC5DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BCDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72CFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 201, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.066 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d9e6',
    500: '#8ec9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec9db;
$custom-light: #b2d9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.026,
    "s": 51.678,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80175,
    "c": 0.06559,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC9DB

secondary

#B26F5B

accent

#4A26BF

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC9DB

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

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