#8CAACE#8CAACE

#8CAACE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.062 H 253.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAACE
RGB	rgb(140, 170, 206)
HSL	hsl(213, 40%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(213, 32%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 17.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, -1.76, -21.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 21.72, 265.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0179 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.062 253.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.3272, 38.7796, 63.9517)
Luminance	0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAACE #CEB08C

analogous

#8CCBCE #8CAACE #8F8CCE

triadic

#8CAACE #CE8CAA #AACE8C

tetradic

#8CAACE #CE8CCB #CEB08C #8CCE8F

square

#8CAACE #CE8CCB #CEB08C #8CCE8F

split-complementary

#8CAACE #CE8F8C #CBCE8C

monochromatic

#436C9D #618ABC #8CAACE #B7CAE0 #E2E9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#8CAACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#8CAACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAACE

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAACE	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DABD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78B2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 170, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.062 253.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc3dd',
    500: '#8caace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caace;
$custom-light: #afc3dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.727,
    "s": 40.244,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72833,
    "c": 0.06218,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAACE

secondary

#E5DCD1

accent

#7932B3

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F7FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAACE

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

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