#8CAEBB#8CAEBB

#8CAEBB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.042 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAEBB
RGB	rgb(140, 174, 187)
HSL	hsl(197, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(197, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -8.55, -10.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 13.50, 230.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0303 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.042 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9183, 39.4341, 52.7758)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAEBB #BB998C

analogous

#8CBBB1 #8CAEBB #8C97BB

triadic

#8CAEBB #BB8CAE #AEBB8C

tetradic

#8CAEBB #B18CBB #BB998C #97BB8C

square

#8CAEBB #B18CBB #BB998C #97BB8C

split-complementary

#8CAEBB #BB8C97 #BBB18C

monochromatic

#4C7281 #6693A4 #8CAEBB #B2C9D2 #D9E4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#8CAEBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#8CAEBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAEBB

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAEBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAEBB	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EB2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caebb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 174, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.042 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec6cf',
    500: '#8caebb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caebb;
$custom-light: #aec6cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caebb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.596,
    "s": 25.683,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72998,
    "c": 0.04156,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAEBB

secondary

#DACEC9

accent

#5D41A4

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAEBB

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

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