#8CAECB#8CAECB

#8CAECB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.056 H 244.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAECB
RGB	rgb(140, 174, 203)
HSL	hsl(208, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(208, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 14.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, -4.70, -18.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 19.08, 255.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.0243 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.056 244.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7275, 40.1577, 62.3044)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAECB #CBA98C

analogous

#8CCBC9 #8CAECB #8C8FCB

triadic

#8CAECB #CB8CAE #AECB8C

tetradic

#8CAECB #C98CCB #CBA98C #8FCB8C

square

#8CAECB #C98CCB #CBA98C #8FCB8C

split-complementary

#8CAECB #CB8C8F #CBC98C

monochromatic

#457298 #6290B8 #8CAECB #B6CCDE #E0E9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#8CAECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#8CAECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAECB

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAECB	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79B5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 174, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.056 244.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc6da',
    500: '#8caecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caecb;
$custom-light: #afc6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.619,
    "s": 37.725,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73578,
    "c": 0.05622,
    "h": 244.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAECB

secondary

#E3D9CF

accent

#6E35B1

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FA

border

#CFD1D3

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAECB

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

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