#8ECDEB#8ECDEB

#8ECDEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.077 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ECDEB
RGB	rgb(142, 205, 235)
HSL	hsl(199, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(199, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 12.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.28, -12.56, -21.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.28, 24.59, 239.27°)
OKLab	oklab(81.63% -0.0501 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(81.63% 0.077 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.9769, 55.4086, 86.7480)
Luminance	0.5541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8ECDEB #EBAC8E

analogous

#8EEBDB #8ECDEB #8E9FEB

triadic

#8ECDEB #EB8ECD #CDEB8E

tetradic

#8ECDEB #DB8EEB #EBAC8E #9FEB8E

square

#8ECDEB #DB8EEB #EBAC8E #9FEB8E

split-complementary

#8ECDEB #EB8E9F #EBDB8E

monochromatic

#269FD8 #5AB6E2 #8ECDEB #C2E4F4 #E5F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#8ECDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#8ECDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ECDEB

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ECDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ECDEB	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AD6D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ecdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 205, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.077 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2dcf1',
    500: '#8ecdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ecdeb;
$custom-light: #b2dcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ecdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.355,
    "s": 69.925,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81629,
    "c": 0.07679,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ECDEB

secondary

#C67B58

accent

#5114D2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ECDEB

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

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