#8CAEBC#8CAEBC

#8CAEBC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.042 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAEBC
RGB	rgb(140, 174, 188)
HSL	hsl(198, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(198, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 7.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -8.32, -10.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 13.75, 232.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0299 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.042 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0257, 39.4770, 53.3416)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAEBC #BC9A8C

analogous

#8CBCB2 #8CAEBC #8C96BC

triadic

#8CAEBC #BC8CAE #AEBC8C

tetradic

#8CAEBC #B28CBC #BC9A8C #96BC8C

square

#8CAEBC #B28CBC #BC9A8C #96BC8C

split-complementary

#8CAEBC #BC8C96 #BCB28C

monochromatic

#4C7282 #6593A5 #8CAEBC #B3C9D3 #D9E4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#8CAEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#8CAEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAEBC

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAEBC	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EB2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 174, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.042 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec6d0',
    500: '#8caebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caebc;
$custom-light: #aec6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.5,
    "s": 26.374,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73033,
    "c": 0.04225,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAEBC

secondary

#DACECA

accent

#5E41A5

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAEBC

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

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