#8CAEB5#8CAEB5

#8CAEB5 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.038 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAEB5
RGB	rgb(140, 174, 181)
HSL	hsl(190, 22%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(190, 23%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 3.9%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -9.94, -7.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 12.39, 216.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.0327 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.038 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2893, 39.1825, 49.4634)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAEB5 #B5938C

analogous

#8CB5A7 #8CAEB5 #8C99B5

triadic

#8CAEB5 #B58CAE #AEB58C

tetradic

#8CAEB5 #A78CB5 #B5938C #99B58C

square

#8CAEB5 #A78CB5 #B5938C #99B58C

split-complementary

#8CAEB5 #B58C99 #B5A78C

monochromatic

#4E7179 #67949D #8CAEB5 #B1C8CD #D6E2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#8CAEB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#8CAEB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAEB5

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAEB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAEB5	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ABB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A6B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80B1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caeb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 174, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.038 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec6cb',
    500: '#8caeb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caeb5;
$custom-light: #aec6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caeb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.244,
    "s": 21.693,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72794,
    "c": 0.03838,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAEB5

secondary

#D6CAC7

accent

#5545A0

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F8

border

#CED1D1

text

#101313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAEB5

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

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