#8CAECD#8CAECD

#8CAECD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.058 H 246.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAECD
RGB	rgb(140, 174, 205)
HSL	hsl(209, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(209, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 15.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -4.21, -19.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 19.93, 257.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.0236 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.058 246.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.9674, 40.2537, 63.5677)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAECD #CDAB8C

analogous

#8CCDCB #8CAECD #8C8ECD

triadic

#8CAECD #CD8CAE #AECD8C

tetradic

#8CAECD #CB8CCD #CDAB8C #8ECD8C

square

#8CAECD #CB8CCD #CDAB8C #8ECD8C

split-complementary

#8CAECD #CD8C8E #CDCB8C

monochromatic

#43719B #6190BA #8CAECD #B7CCE0 #E1EAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#8CAECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#8CAECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAECD

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAECD	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78B5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 174, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.058 246.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc6dc',
    500: '#8caecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caecd;
$custom-light: #afc6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.615,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73654,
    "c": 0.05846,
    "h": 246.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAECD

secondary

#E4DAD0

accent

#7033B2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FB

border

#CFD1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAECD

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

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