#8ECBE2#8ECBE2

#8ECBE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.070 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ECBE2
RGB	rgb(142, 203, 226)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(196, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 10.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.43, -13.81, -17.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.43, 22.36, 231.86°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% -0.0509 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.07 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.2341, 53.9509, 79.9141)
Luminance	0.5395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8ECBE2 #E2A58E

analogous

#8EE2CF #8ECBE2 #8EA1E2

triadic

#8ECBE2 #E28ECB #CBE28E

tetradic

#8ECBE2 #CF8EE2 #E2A58E #A1E28E

square

#8ECBE2 #CF8EE2 #E2A58E #A1E28E

split-complementary

#8ECBE2 #E28EA1 #E2CF8E

monochromatic

#329CC3 #5DB5D6 #8ECBE2 #BFE1EE #E7F4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#8ECBE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#8ECBE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ECBE2

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ECBE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ECBE2	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC8E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BEE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FD2D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ecbe2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 203, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.070 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2daeb',
    500: '#8ecbe2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ecbe2;
$custom-light: #b2daeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ecbe2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.429,
    "s": 59.155,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80862,
    "c": 0.0702,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ECBE2

secondary

#BB745A

accent

#4D1FC7

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ECBE2

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

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