#8ECBDE#8ECBDE

#8ECBDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.068 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ECBDE
RGB	rgb(142, 203, 222)
HSL	hsl(194, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(194, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 8.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, -14.81, -15.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 21.53, 226.55°)
OKLab	oklab(80.72% -0.0524 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(80.72% 0.068 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.6916, 53.7339, 77.0571)
Luminance	0.5374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8ECBDE #DEA18E

analogous

#8EDEC9 #8ECBDE #8EA3DE

triadic

#8ECBDE #DE8ECB #CBDE8E

tetradic

#8ECBDE #C98EDE #DEA18E #A3DE8E

square

#8ECBDE #C98EDE #DEA18E #A3DE8E

split-complementary

#8ECBDE #DE8EA3 #DEC98E

monochromatic

#379CBB #5FB5D0 #8ECBDE #BDE1EC #E7F4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#8ECBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#8ECBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ECBDE

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ECBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ECBDE	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC7DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BEDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70D2D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ecbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 203, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.068 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2dae8',
    500: '#8ecbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ecbde;
$custom-light: #b2dae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ecbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.25,
    "s": 54.795,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8072,
    "c": 0.06774,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ECBDE

secondary

#B6705A

accent

#4923C2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ECBDE

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

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