#8CAEBF#8CAEBF

#8CAEBF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.045 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAEBF
RGB	rgb(140, 174, 191)
HSL	hsl(200, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(200, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 8.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -7.61, -12.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 14.60, 238.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.0288 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.045 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3525, 39.6077, 55.0625)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAEBF #BF9D8C

analogous

#8CBFB7 #8CAEBF #8C94BF

triadic

#8CAEBF #BF8CAE #AEBF8C

tetradic

#8CAEBF #B78CBF #BF9D8C #94BF8C

square

#8CAEBF #B78CBF #BF9D8C #94BF8C

split-complementary

#8CAEBF #BF8C94 #BFB78C

monochromatic

#4B7286 #6592A9 #8CAEBF #B3CAD5 #DBE5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#8CAEBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#8CAEBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAEBF

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAEBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAEBF	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DB3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caebf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 174, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.045 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec6d2',
    500: '#8caebf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caebf;
$custom-light: #aec6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caebf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 28.492,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73138,
    "c": 0.04453,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAEBF

secondary

#DCD1CB

accent

#613EA7

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAEBF

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

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