#8CAEC2#8CAEC2

#8CAEC2 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.047 H 234.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAEC2
RGB	rgb(140, 174, 194)
HSL	hsl(202, 31%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(202, 28%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 10.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -6.90, -13.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 15.59, 243.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.0276 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.047 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.6860, 39.7411, 56.8190)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAEC2 #C2A08C

analogous

#8CC2BB #8CAEC2 #8C93C2

triadic

#8CAEC2 #C28CAE #AEC28C

tetradic

#8CAEC2 #BB8CC2 #C2A08C #93C28C

square

#8CAEC2 #BB8CC2 #C2A08C #93C28C

split-complementary

#8CAEC2 #C28C93 #C2BB8C

monochromatic

#49728A #6492AD #8CAEC2 #B4CAD7 #DCE6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#8CAEC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#8CAEC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAEC2

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAEC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAEC2	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ADC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CB3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 174, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.047 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc6d4',
    500: '#8caec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caec2;
$custom-light: #afc6d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.222,
    "s": 30.682,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73245,
    "c": 0.0471,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAEC2

secondary

#DED3CC

accent

#653CA9

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#101314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAEC2

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

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