#8CAEC8#8CAEC8

#8CAEC8 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.053 H 241.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAEC8
RGB	rgb(140, 174, 200)
HSL	hsl(206, 35%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(206, 30%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 13%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -5.44, -16.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 17.84, 252.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.0254 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.053 241.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.3735, 40.0161, 60.4398)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAEC8 #C8A68C

analogous

#8CC8C4 #8CAEC8 #8C90C8

triadic

#8CAEC8 #C88CAE #AEC88C

tetradic

#8CAEC8 #C48CC8 #C8A68C #90C88C

square

#8CAEC8 #C48CC8 #C8A68C #90C88C

split-complementary

#8CAEC8 #C88C90 #C8C48C

monochromatic

#467293 #6391B4 #8CAEC8 #B5CBDC #DFE8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#8CAEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#8CAEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAEC8

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAEC8	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ADC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA7C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AB4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 174, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.053 241.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc6d8',
    500: '#8caec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caec8;
$custom-light: #afc6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73465,
    "c": 0.053,
    "h": 241.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAEC8

secondary

#E2D7CE

accent

#6B37AE

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#101314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAEC8

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

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