#8ECAE2#8ECAE2

#8ECAE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.070 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ECAE2
RGB	rgb(142, 202, 226)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(197, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 10.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.16, -13.29, -18.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.16, 22.38, 233.57°)
OKLab	oklab(80.64% -0.0497 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(80.64% 0.07 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.9987, 53.4801, 79.8356)
Luminance	0.5348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8ECAE2 #E2A68E

analogous

#8EE2D0 #8ECAE2 #8EA0E2

triadic

#8ECAE2 #E28ECA #CAE28E

tetradic

#8ECAE2 #D08EE2 #E2A68E #A0E28E

square

#8ECAE2 #D08EE2 #E2A68E #A0E28E

split-complementary

#8ECAE2 #E28EA0 #E2D08E

monochromatic

#329AC3 #5DB3D6 #8ECAE2 #BFE1EE #E7F4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#8ECAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#8ECAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ECAE2

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ECAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ECAE2	1.00	1.80	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC7E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BDE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FD1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ecae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 202, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.070 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2daeb',
    500: '#8ecae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ecae2;
$custom-light: #b2daeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ecae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 59.155,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80644,
    "c": 0.07012,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ECAE2

secondary

#BB755A

accent

#4F1FC7

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ECAE2

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

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