#8CAEC6#8CAEC6

#8CAEC6 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.051 H 239.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAEC6
RGB	rgb(140, 174, 198)
HSL	hsl(205, 34%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(205, 29%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 12.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -5.93, -15.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 17.05, 249.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% -0.0261 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.051 239.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1412, 39.9232, 59.2168)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAEC6 #C6A48C

analogous

#8CC6C1 #8CAEC6 #8C91C6

triadic

#8CAEC6 #C68CAE #AEC68C

tetradic

#8CAEC6 #C18CC6 #C6A48C #91C68C

square

#8CAEC6 #C18CC6 #C6A48C #91C68C

split-complementary

#8CAEC6 #C68C91 #C6C18C

monochromatic

#477290 #6391B2 #8CAEC6 #B5CBDA #DEE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#8CAEC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#8CAEC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAEC6

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAEC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAEC6	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ADC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA7C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AB4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 174, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.051 239.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc6d7',
    500: '#8caec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caec6;
$custom-light: #afc6d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.828,
    "s": 33.721,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73391,
    "c": 0.05094,
    "h": 239.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAEC6

secondary

#E0D5CD

accent

#6939AD

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#101314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAEC6

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

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