#8ECAED#8ECAED

#8ECAED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.079 H 234.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ECAED
RGB	rgb(142, 202, 237)
HSL	hsl(202, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(202, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 14.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.52, -10.48, -23.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.52, 25.60, 245.84°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% -0.0457 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.079 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.5567, 54.1033, 88.0414)
Luminance	0.5411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8ECAED #EDB18E

analogous

#8EEDE0 #8ECAED #8E9BED

triadic

#8ECAED #ED8ECA #CAED8E

tetradic

#8ECAED #E08EED #EDB18E #9BED8E

square

#8ECAED #E08EED #EDB18E #9BED8E

split-complementary

#8ECAED #ED8E9B #EDE08E

monochromatic

#2498DC #59B1E5 #8ECAED #C3E3F5 #E5F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#8ECAED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#8ECAED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ECAED

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ECAED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ECAED	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC8EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBEEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AD3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ecaed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 202, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.079 234.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2daf3',
    500: '#8ecaed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ecaed;
$custom-light: #b2daf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ecaed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.105,
    "s": 72.519,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81053,
    "c": 0.079,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ECAED

secondary

#C88157

accent

#5911D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ECAED

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

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