#8EC9F7#8EC9F7

#8EC9F7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.089 H 242.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC9F7
RGB	rgb(142, 201, 247)
HSL	hsl(206, 87%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(206, 43%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.5%, 18.6%, 0%, 3.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.60, -7.32, -28.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.60, 29.51, 255.65°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% -0.041 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.089 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.8248, 54.2363, 95.8735)
Luminance	0.5424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC9F7 #F7BC8E

analogous

#8EF7F1 #8EC9F7 #8E95F7

triadic

#8EC9F7 #F78EC9 #C9F78E

tetradic

#8EC9F7 #F18EF7 #F7BC8E #95F78E

square

#8EC9F7 #F18EF7 #F7BC8E #95F78E

split-complementary

#8EC9F7 #F78E95 #F7F18E

monochromatic

#1C92EF #55AEF3 #8EC9F7 #C7E4FB #E2F1FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#8EC9F7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#8EC9F7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC9F7

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC9F7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC9F7	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C9F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BEF6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64D4D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec9f7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 201, 247);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.089 242.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3d9fa',
    500: '#8ec9f7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec9f7;
$custom-light: #b3d9fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec9f7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 247
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.286,
    "s": 86.777,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8123,
    "c": 0.08923,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC9F7

secondary

#D58D54

accent

#6502E3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC9F7

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

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