#8EC7BB is a soft, cool cyan. It holds up as a large surface and is too pale to lead as a primary accent.
Not just a swatch — here's how #8EC7BB works with other colors. Named schemes with #8EC7BB in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Ash Gray keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Ash Gray sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
Ash Gray opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Ash Gray is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Ash Gray carrying the quiet middle.
Ash Gray is the vivid signal in this product UI — on a near-black surface with cool white, a slate grey and a lighter tint of Ash Gray.
How #8EC7BB actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #8EC7BB at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #8EC7BB;
--color-base-rgb: 142 199 187;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(78.7% 0.061 180.1);
--color-50: #F4FAF9;
--color-100: #E3F2EF;
--color-200: #C8E4DE;
--color-300: #A2CEC4;
--color-400: #7DB5A9;
--color-500: #5C988B;
--color-600: #4C766D;
--color-700: #3A554F;
--color-800: #283935;
--color-900: #1A2321;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
ash-gray: {
50: '#F4FAF9',
100: '#E3F2EF',
200: '#C8E4DE',
300: '#A2CEC4',
400: '#7DB5A9',
500: '#5C988B',
600: '#4C766D',
700: '#3A554F',
800: '#283935',
900: '#1A2321',
},
}
$base: #8EC7BB; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F4FAF9; $base-100: #E3F2EF; $base-200: #C8E4DE; $base-300: #A2CEC4; $base-400: #7DB5A9; $base-500: #5C988B; $base-600: #4C766D; $base-700: #3A554F; $base-800: #283935; $base-900: #1A2321; $base-hover: #60B19F; $base-subtle: #DFECE9;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#8EC7BB",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F4FAF9",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E3F2EF",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#C8E4DE",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#A2CEC4",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#7DB5A9",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#5C988B",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#4C766D",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#3A554F",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#283935",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1A2321",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}