#8CAEC7#8CAEC7

#8CAEC7 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.052 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAEC7
RGB	rgb(140, 174, 199)
HSL	hsl(205, 35%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(205, 30%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 12.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.45, -5.69, -16.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.45, 17.44, 250.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0258 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.052 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2570, 39.9695, 59.8263)
Luminance	0.3997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAEC7 #C7A58C

analogous

#8CC7C3 #8CAEC7 #8C91C7

triadic

#8CAEC7 #C78CAE #AEC78C

tetradic

#8CAEC7 #C38CC7 #C7A58C #91C78C

square

#8CAEC7 #C38CC7 #C7A58C #91C78C

split-complementary

#8CAEC7 #C78C91 #C7C38C

monochromatic

#477292 #6391B3 #8CAEC7 #B5CBDB #DEE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#8CAEC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#8CAEC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAEC7

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAEC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAEC7	1.00	2.33	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.33	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)

#A3ADC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA7C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AB4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caec7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 174, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.052 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc6d8',
    500: '#8caec7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caec7;
$custom-light: #afc6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caec7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.424,
    "s": 34.503,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73428,
    "c": 0.05196,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAEC7

secondary

#E1D6CE

accent

#6A38AD

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#101314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAEC7

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

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