#8CAEDB#8CAEDB

#8CAEDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.075 H 255.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAEDB
RGB	rgb(140, 174, 219)
HSL	hsl(214, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(214, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 20.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -0.63, -26.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 26.42, 268.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.0188 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.075 255.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7335, 40.9601, 72.8693)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAEDB #DBB98C

analogous

#8CD6DB #8CAEDB #918CDB

triadic

#8CAEDB #DB8CAE #AEDB8C

tetradic

#8CAEDB #DB8CD6 #DBB98C #8CDB91

square

#8CAEDB #DB8CD6 #DBB98C #8CDB91

split-complementary

#8CAEDB #DB918C #D6DB8C

monochromatic

#386EB4 #5D8DCC #8CAEDB #BBCFEA #E8EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#8CAEDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#8CAEDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAEDB

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAEDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAEDB	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A8DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73B8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caedb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 174, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.075 255.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c6e6',
    500: '#8caedb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caedb;
$custom-light: #b0c6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caedb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.177,
    "s": 52.318,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74211,
    "c": 0.07539,
    "h": 255.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAEDB

secondary

#ECE3D7

accent

#7D26C0

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAEDB

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

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