#8ECCE2#8ECCE2

#8ECCE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.070 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ECCE2
RGB	rgb(142, 204, 226)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(196, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 9.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.71, -14.33, -17.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.71, 22.37, 230.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.08% -0.0522 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(81.08% 0.07 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.4710, 54.4247, 79.9931)
Luminance	0.5443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8ECCE2 #E2A48E

analogous

#8EE2CE #8ECCE2 #8EA2E2

triadic

#8ECCE2 #E28ECC #CCE28E

tetradic

#8ECCE2 #CE8EE2 #E2A48E #A2E28E

square

#8ECCE2 #CE8EE2 #E2A48E #A2E28E

split-complementary

#8ECCE2 #E28EA2 #E2CE8E

monochromatic

#329DC3 #5DB6D6 #8ECCE2 #BFE2EE #E7F4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#8ECCE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#8ECCE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ECCE2

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ECCE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ECCE2	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC9E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BEE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ED3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ecce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 204, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.070 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2dbeb',
    500: '#8ecce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ecce2;
$custom-light: #b2dbeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ecce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.714,
    "s": 59.155,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81081,
    "c": 0.07033,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ECCE2

secondary

#BB735A

accent

#4B1FC7

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ECCE2

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

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