#8CAED2#8CAED2

#8CAED2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.064 H 250.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAED2
RGB	rgb(140, 174, 210)
HSL	hsl(211, 44%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(211, 33%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 17.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -2.95, -21.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 22.17, 262.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.0218 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.064 250.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.5806, 40.4990, 66.7972)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAED2 #D2B08C

analogous

#8CD1D2 #8CAED2 #8D8CD2

triadic

#8CAED2 #D28CAE #AED28C

tetradic

#8CAED2 #D28CD1 #D2B08C #8CD28D

square

#8CAED2 #D28CD1 #D2B08C #8CD28D

split-complementary

#8CAED2 #D28D8C #D1D28C

monochromatic

#4070A4 #608FC1 #8CAED2 #B8CDE3 #E4ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#8CAED2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#8CAED2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAED2

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAED2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAED2	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0AFD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A7D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76B6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caed2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 174, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.064 250.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc6df',
    500: '#8caed2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caed2;
$custom-light: #afc6df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caed2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.857,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73848,
    "c": 0.06428,
    "h": 250.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAED2

secondary

#E7DDD2

accent

#752FB7

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FB

border

#CFD1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAED2

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

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