#8EC9EF#8EC9EF

#8EC9EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.081 H 237.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC9EF
RGB	rgb(142, 201, 239)
HSL	hsl(204, 75%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(204, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 15.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, -9.43, -24.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 26.48, 249.13°)
OKLab	oklab(80.91% -0.0438 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(80.91% 0.081 237.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.6167, 53.7531, 89.5109)
Luminance	0.5376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC9EF #EFB48E

analogous

#8EEFE4 #8EC9EF #8E99EF

triadic

#8EC9EF #EF8EC9 #C9EF8E

tetradic

#8EC9EF #E48EEF #EFB48E #99EF8E

square

#8EC9EF #E48EEF #EFB48E #99EF8E

split-complementary

#8EC9EF #EF8E99 #EFE48E

monochromatic

#2396E0 #58AFE7 #8EC9EF #C4E3F7 #E4F2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#8EC9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#8EC9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC9EF

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC9EF	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBDEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69D3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 201, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.081 237.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3d9f4',
    500: '#8ec9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec9ef;
$custom-light: #b3d9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.505,
    "s": 75.194,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80914,
    "c": 0.08117,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC9EF

secondary

#CB8456

accent

#5D0ED7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC9EF

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

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