#8CA0A4#8CA0A4

#8CA0A4 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.023 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA0A4
RGB	rgb(140, 160, 164)
HSL	hsl(190, 12%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(190, 15%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 2.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.48, -6.15, -4.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.48, 7.59, 215.91°)
OKLab	oklab(69.15% -0.02 -0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(69.15% 0.023 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0852, 33.3967, 39.9759)
Luminance	0.3340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA0A4 #A4908C

analogous

#8CA49C #8CA0A4 #8C94A4

triadic

#8CA0A4 #A48CA0 #A0A48C

tetradic

#8CA0A4 #9C8CA4 #A4908C #94A48C

square

#8CA0A4 #9C8CA4 #A4908C #94A48C

split-complementary

#8CA0A4 #A48C94 #A49C8C

monochromatic

#506265 #6B8388 #8CA0A4 #AEBCBF #D0D8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#8CA0A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#8CA0A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA0A4

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA0A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA0A4	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9EA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989BA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85A2A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca0a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 160, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.023 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adbcbf',
    500: '#8ca0a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca0a4;
$custom-light: #adbcbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca0a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 11.65,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69145,
    "c": 0.02331,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA0A4

secondary

#CBC3C1

accent

#7E73B5

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA0A4

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →