#8CBACE#8CBACE

#8CBACE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.057 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBACE
RGB	rgb(140, 186, 206)
HSL	hsl(198, 40%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(198, 32%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 9.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.99, -10.41, -14.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.99, 18.25, 235.21°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% -0.0389 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.057 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.5111, 45.1475, 65.0130)
Luminance	0.4515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBACE #CEA08C

analogous

#8CCEC1 #8CBACE #8C99CE

triadic

#8CBACE #CE8CBA #BACE8C

tetradic

#8CBACE #C18CCE #CEA08C #99CE8C

square

#8CBACE #C18CCE #CEA08C #99CE8C

split-complementary

#8CBACE #CE8C99 #CEC18C

monochromatic

#43829D #61A0BC #8CBACE #B7D4E0 #E2EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#8CBACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#8CBACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBACE

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBACE	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76C0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 186, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.057 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcedd',
    500: '#8cbace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbace;
$custom-light: #afcedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.182,
    "s": 40.244,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76303,
    "c": 0.05651,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBACE

secondary

#E5D7D1

accent

#5932B3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F9FB

border

#CFD2D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBACE

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

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