#8CAACC#8CAACC

#8CAACC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.060 H 251.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAACC
RGB	rgb(140, 170, 204)
HSL	hsl(212, 39%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(212, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 16.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -2.26, -20.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 20.77, 263.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.0186 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.06 251.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0858, 38.6830, 62.6802)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAACC #CCAE8C

analogous

#8CCACC #8CAACC #8E8CCC

triadic

#8CAACC #CC8CAA #AACC8C

tetradic

#8CAACC #CC8CCA #CCAE8C #8CCC8E

square

#8CAACC #CC8CCA #CCAE8C #8CCC8E

split-complementary

#8CAACC #CC8E8C #CACC8C

monochromatic

#446C9A #628BB9 #8CAACC #B6C9DF #E1E9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#8CAACC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#8CAACC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAACC

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAACC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAACC	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DABCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79B2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caacc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 170, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.060 251.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc3db',
    500: '#8caacc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caacc;
$custom-light: #afc3db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caacc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.875,
    "s": 38.554,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72754,
    "c": 0.05972,
    "h": 251.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAACC

secondary

#E4DBD0

accent

#7734B2

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F7FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAACC

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

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