#8CAABC#8CAABC

#8CAABC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.042 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAABC
RGB	rgb(140, 170, 188)
HSL	hsl(203, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(203, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -6.16, -12.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 14.03, 243.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.0245 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.042 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2644, 37.9545, 53.0878)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAABC #BC9E8C

analogous

#8CBCB6 #8CAABC #8C92BC

triadic

#8CAABC #BC8CAA #AABC8C

tetradic

#8CAABC #B68CBC #BC9E8C #92BC8C

square

#8CAABC #B68CBC #BC9E8C #92BC8C

split-complementary

#8CAABC #BC8C92 #BCB68C

monochromatic

#4C6E82 #658DA5 #8CAABC #B3C7D3 #D9E3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#8CAABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#8CAABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAABC

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAABC	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EAFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caabc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 170, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.042 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec3d0',
    500: '#8caabc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caabc;
$custom-light: #aec3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caabc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 26.374,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72157,
    "c": 0.04219,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAABC

secondary

#DAD0CA

accent

#6641A5

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAABC

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

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