#8CAEC0#8CAEC0

#8CAEC0 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.045 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAEC0
RGB	rgb(140, 174, 192)
HSL	hsl(201, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(201, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 9.4%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, -7.38, -12.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 14.92, 240.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.0284 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.045 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4629, 39.6519, 55.6440)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAEC0 #C09E8C

analogous

#8CC0B8 #8CAEC0 #8C94C0

triadic

#8CAEC0 #C08CAE #AEC08C

tetradic

#8CAEC0 #B88CC0 #C09E8C #94C08C

square

#8CAEC0 #B88CC0 #C09E8C #94C08C

split-complementary

#8CAEC0 #C08C94 #C0B88C

monochromatic

#4A7287 #6492AA #8CAEC0 #B4CAD6 #DBE6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#8CAEC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#8CAEC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAEC0

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAEC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAEC0	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CB3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 174, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.045 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec6d3',
    500: '#8caec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caec0;
$custom-light: #aec6d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.769,
    "s": 29.213,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73173,
    "c": 0.04535,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAEC0

secondary

#DDD1CB

accent

#623EA8

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAEC0

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

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