#8ECEDD#8ECEDD

#8ECEDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.068 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ECEDD
RGB	rgb(142, 206, 221)
HSL	hsl(191, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(191, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 6.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.11, -16.60, -13.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.11, 21.65, 219.94°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% -0.0565 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.068 214)
XYZ	xyz(46.2733, 55.1111, 76.5918)
Luminance	0.5511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8ECEDD #DD9D8E

analogous

#8EDDC4 #8ECEDD #8EA6DD

triadic

#8ECEDD #DD8ECE #CEDD8E

tetradic

#8ECEDD #C48EDD #DD9D8E #A6DD8E

square

#8ECEDD #C48EDD #DD9D8E #A6DD8E

split-complementary

#8ECEDD #DD8EA6 #DDC48E

monochromatic

#38A0B9 #5FBACF #8ECEDD #BDE2EB #E7F5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#8ECEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#8ECEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ECEDD

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ECEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ECEDD	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70D4D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ecedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 206, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.068 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2dde7',
    500: '#8ecedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ecedd;
$custom-light: #b2dde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ecedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.392,
    "s": 53.741,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81345,
    "c": 0.06816,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.55114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ECEDD

secondary

#B56C5B

accent

#4224C1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ECEDD

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

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