#8ECAEE#8ECAEE

#8ECAEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.080 H 235.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ECAEE
RGB	rgb(142, 202, 238)
HSL	hsl(203, 74%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(203, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.56, -10.22, -23.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.56, 25.94, 246.80°)
OKLab	oklab(81.09% -0.0453 -0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(81.09% 0.08 235.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.7032, 54.1619, 88.8130)
Luminance	0.5416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8ECAEE #EEB28E

analogous

#8EEEE2 #8ECAEE #8E9AEE

triadic

#8ECAEE #EE8ECA #CAEE8E

tetradic

#8ECAEE #E28EEE #EEB28E #9AEE8E

square

#8ECAEE #E28EEE #EEB28E #9AEE8E

split-complementary

#8ECAEE #EE8E9A #EEE28E

monochromatic

#2498DE #59B1E6 #8ECAEE #C3E3F6 #E4F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#8ECAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#8ECAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ECAEE

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ECAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ECAEE	1.00	1.77	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C8F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBEED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69D3D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ecaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 202, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.080 235.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3daf3',
    500: '#8ecaee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ecaee;
$custom-light: #b3daf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ecaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 73.846,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81092,
    "c": 0.07991,
    "h": 235.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ECAEE

secondary

#C98257

accent

#5A10D6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ECAEE

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

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