#8CAEBD#8CAEBD

#8CAEBD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.043 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAEBD
RGB	rgb(140, 174, 189)
HSL	hsl(198, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(198, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -8.09, -11.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 14.02, 234.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0295 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.043 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1339, 39.5203, 53.9112)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAEBD #BD9B8C

analogous

#8CBDB4 #8CAEBD #8C96BD

triadic

#8CAEBD #BD8CAE #AEBD8C

tetradic

#8CAEBD #B48CBD #BD9B8C #96BD8C

square

#8CAEBD #B48CBD #BD9B8C #96BD8C

split-complementary

#8CAEBD #BD8C96 #BDB48C

monochromatic

#4B7283 #6593A7 #8CAEBD #B3C9D3 #DAE5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#8CAEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#8CAEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAEBD

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAEBD	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)

#A6ACBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DB3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 174, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.043 226.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.367,
    "s": 27.072,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73068,
    "c": 0.04297,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAEBD

secondary

#DBCFCA

accent

#5F40A6

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAEBD

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

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