#8CA0A6#8CA0A6

#8CA0A6 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.024 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA0A6
RGB	rgb(140, 160, 166)
HSL	hsl(194, 13%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 16%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 3.6%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.54, -5.71, -5.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.54, 7.92, 223.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.21% -0.0192 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(69.21% 0.024 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2672, 33.4695, 40.9346)
Luminance	0.3347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA0A6 #A6928C

analogous

#8CA69F #8CA0A6 #8C93A6

triadic

#8CA0A6 #A68CA0 #A0A68C

tetradic

#8CA0A6 #9F8CA6 #A6928C #93A68C

square

#8CA0A6 #9F8CA6 #A6928C #93A68C

split-complementary

#8CA0A6 #A68C93 #A69F8C

monochromatic

#506267 #6B838A #8CA0A6 #AFBDC1 #D1D9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#8CA0A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#8CA0A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA0A6

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA0A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA0A6	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9EA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989BA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85A2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca0a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 160, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.024 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebcc0',
    500: '#8ca0a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca0a6;
$custom-light: #aebcc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca0a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 12.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69211,
    "c": 0.02422,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA0A6

secondary

#CCC4C2

accent

#8272B6

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F7

border

#CED0D0

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA0A6

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

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