#EAFCFC is a light neutral with only a whisper of temperate cast. On the Color Lab it reads clean and engineered, restrained and easy to live with. It holds up as a large surface and is too pale to lead as a primary accent.
Not just a swatch — here's how #EAFCFC works with other colors. Named schemes with #EAFCFC in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Light Cyan 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.
Light Cyan opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Light Cyan is the vivid signal in this product UI — on a near-black surface with cool white, a slate grey and a lighter tint of Light Cyan.
Light Cyan keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Light Cyan 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 Light Cyan carrying the quiet middle.
How #EAFCFC 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 #EAFCFC at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #EAFCFC;
--color-base-rgb: 234 252 252;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(97.8% 0.019 196.8);
--color-50: #F1FEFE;
--color-100: #DAFBFB;
--color-200: #B8F5F5;
--color-300: #87E8E8;
--color-400: #5BD7D7;
--color-500: #38BCBC;
--color-600: #329090;
--color-700: #296666;
--color-800: #1E4242;
--color-900: #142929;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
light-cyan: {
50: '#F1FEFE',
100: '#DAFBFB',
200: '#B8F5F5',
300: '#87E8E8',
400: '#5BD7D7',
500: '#38BCBC',
600: '#329090',
700: '#296666',
800: '#1E4242',
900: '#142929',
},
}
$base: #EAFCFC; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F1FEFE; $base-100: #DAFBFB; $base-200: #B8F5F5; $base-300: #87E8E8; $base-400: #5BD7D7; $base-500: #38BCBC; $base-600: #329090; $base-700: #296666; $base-800: #1E4242; $base-900: #142929; $base-hover: #94F0F0; $base-subtle: #F9FDFD;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#EAFCFC",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F1FEFE",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#DAFBFB",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#B8F5F5",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#87E8E8",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#5BD7D7",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#38BCBC",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#329090",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#296666",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#1E4242",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#142929",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}