#8CAEBA#8CAEBA

#8CAEBA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.041 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAEBA
RGB	rgb(140, 174, 186)
HSL	hsl(196, 25%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 6.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -8.79, -9.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 13.26, 228.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0307 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.041 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8116, 39.3914, 52.2140)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAEBA #BA988C

analogous

#8CBAAF #8CAEBA #8C97BA

triadic

#8CAEBA #BA8CAE #AEBA8C

tetradic

#8CAEBA #AF8CBA #BA988C #97BA8C

square

#8CAEBA #AF8CBA #BA988C #97BA8C

split-complementary

#8CAEBA #BA8C97 #BAAF8C

monochromatic

#4C727F #6693A3 #8CAEBA #B2C9D1 #D9E4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#8CAEBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#8CAEBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAEBA

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAEBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAEBA	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ACBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EB2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caeba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 174, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.041 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec6ce',
    500: '#8caeba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caeba;
$custom-light: #aec6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caeba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72964,
    "c": 0.04092,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAEBA

secondary

#D9CDC9

accent

#5B42A4

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAEBA

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

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