#8ECDED#8ECDED

#8ECDED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.078 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ECDED
RGB	rgb(142, 205, 237)
HSL	hsl(200, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(200, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 13.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.34, -12.05, -22.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.34, 25.18, 241.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.7% -0.0493 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(81.7% 0.078 231)
XYZ	xyz(48.2675, 55.5248, 88.2783)
Luminance	0.5553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8ECDED #EDAE8E

analogous

#8EEDDE #8ECDED #8E9EED

triadic

#8ECDED #ED8ECD #CDED8E

tetradic

#8ECDED #DE8EED #EDAE8E #9EED8E

square

#8ECDED #DE8EED #EDAE8E #9EED8E

split-complementary

#8ECDED #ED8E9E #EDDE8E

monochromatic

#249EDC #59B6E5 #8ECDED #C3E4F5 #E5F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#8ECDED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#8ECDED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ECDED

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ECDED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ECDED	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCBEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69D6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ecded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 205, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.078 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3dcf2',
    500: '#8ecded',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ecded;
$custom-light: #b3dcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ecded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.211,
    "s": 72.519,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81704,
    "c": 0.0784,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.55528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ECDED

secondary

#C87D57

accent

#5311D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ECDED

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

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