#8CAAD2#8CAAD2

#8CAAD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.067 H 255.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAAD2
RGB	rgb(140, 170, 210)
HSL	hsl(214, 44%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(214, 33%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 19%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -0.75, -23.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 23.64, 268.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.0166 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.067 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8193, 38.9764, 66.5435)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAAD2 #D2B48C

analogous

#8CCDD2 #8CAAD2 #918CD2

triadic

#8CAAD2 #D28CAA #AAD28C

tetradic

#8CAAD2 #D28CCD #D2B48C #8CD291

square

#8CAAD2 #D28CCD #D2B48C #8CD291

split-complementary

#8CAAD2 #D2918C #CDD28C

monochromatic

#406BA4 #6089C1 #8CAAD2 #B8CBE3 #E4EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8CAAD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#8CAAD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAAD2

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAAD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAAD2	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CACD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A5D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77B3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caad2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 170, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.067 255.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc3e0',
    500: '#8caad2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caad2;
$custom-light: #afc3e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caad2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72992,
    "c": 0.06721,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAAD2

secondary

#E7DED2

accent

#7C2FB7

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F7FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAAD2

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

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