#8CAEDD#8CAEDD

#8CAEDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.078 H 256.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAEDD
RGB	rgb(140, 174, 221)
HSL	hsl(215, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(215, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 21.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, -0.11, -27.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 27.39, 269.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.0181 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.078 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9984, 41.0661, 74.2643)
Luminance	0.4107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAEDD #DDBB8C

analogous

#8CD6DD #8CAEDD #928CDD

triadic

#8CAEDD #DD8CAE #AEDD8C

tetradic

#8CAEDD #DD8CD6 #DDBB8C #8CDD92

square

#8CAEDD #DD8CD6 #DDBB8C #8CDD92

split-complementary

#8CAEDD #DD928C #D6DD8C

monochromatic

#366DB8 #5D8DCF #8CAEDD #BBCFEB #E7EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#8CAEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#8CAEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAEDD

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAEDD	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB0DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72B8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 174, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.078 256.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.815,
    "s": 54.362,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74293,
    "c": 0.07793,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAEDD

secondary

#EDE4D8

accent

#7F24C2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAEDD

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

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