#8CAEDC#8CAEDC

#8CAEDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.077 H 256.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAEDC
RGB	rgb(140, 174, 220)
HSL	hsl(215, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(215, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 20.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, -0.37, -26.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 26.90, 269.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.0184 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.077 256.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.8655, 41.0130, 73.5647)
Luminance	0.4102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAEDC #DCBA8C

analogous

#8CD6DC #8CAEDC #928CDC

triadic

#8CAEDC #DC8CAE #AEDC8C

tetradic

#8CAEDC #DC8CD6 #DCBA8C #8CDC92

square

#8CAEDC #DC8CD6 #DCBA8C #8CDC92

split-complementary

#8CAEDC #DC928C #D6DC8C

monochromatic

#376DB6 #5D8DCE #8CAEDC #BBCFEA #E8EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#8CAEDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#8CAEDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAEDC

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAEDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAEDC	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72B8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caedc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 174, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.077 256.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c6e7',
    500: '#8caedc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caedc;
$custom-light: #b0c6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caedc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.5,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74252,
    "c": 0.07666,
    "h": 256.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAEDC

secondary

#EDE4D7

accent

#7E25C1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAEDC

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

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