#8ECBDD#8ECBDD

#8ECBDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.067 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ECBDD
RGB	rgb(142, 203, 221)
HSL	hsl(194, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(194, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 8.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.28, -15.06, -15.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.28, 21.35, 225.16°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% -0.0528 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.067 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.5580, 53.6804, 76.3534)
Luminance	0.5368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8ECBDD #DDA08E

analogous

#8EDDC7 #8ECBDD #8EA3DD

triadic

#8ECBDD #DD8ECB #CBDD8E

tetradic

#8ECBDD #C78EDD #DDA08E #A3DD8E

square

#8ECBDD #C78EDD #DDA08E #A3DD8E

split-complementary

#8ECBDD #DD8EA3 #DDC78E

monochromatic

#389BB9 #5FB5CF #8ECBDD #BDE1EB #E7F4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#8ECBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#8ECBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ECBDD

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ECBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ECBDD	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC7DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BDDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71D2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ecbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 203, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.067 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2dae7',
    500: '#8ecbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ecbdd;
$custom-light: #b2dae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ecbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.671,
    "s": 53.741,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80685,
    "c": 0.06719,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ECBDD

secondary

#B56F5B

accent

#4824C1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ECBDD

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

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