#8ECAEB#8ECAEB

#8ECAEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.077 H 233.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ECAEB
RGB	rgb(142, 202, 235)
HSL	hsl(201, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(201, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 14%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.45, -11.00, -22.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.45, 24.94, 243.84°)
OKLab	oklab(80.98% -0.0464 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(80.98% 0.077 233.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.2662, 53.9871, 86.5111)
Luminance	0.5399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8ECAEB #EBAF8E

analogous

#8EEBDE #8ECAEB #8E9CEB

triadic

#8ECAEB #EB8ECA #CAEB8E

tetradic

#8ECAEB #DE8EEB #EBAF8E #9CEB8E

square

#8ECAEB #DE8EEB #EBAF8E #9CEB8E

split-complementary

#8ECAEB #EB8E9C #EBDE8E

monochromatic

#2699D8 #5AB2E2 #8ECAEB #C2E2F4 #E5F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#8ECAEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#8ECAEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ECAEB

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ECAEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ECAEB	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC8ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBEEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BD3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ecaeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 202, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.077 233.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2daf1',
    500: '#8ecaeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ecaeb;
$custom-light: #b2daf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ecaeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.29,
    "s": 69.925,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80977,
    "c": 0.07723,
    "h": 233.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ECAEB

secondary

#C67F58

accent

#5714D2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ECAEB

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

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