#8CA0AA#8CA0AA

#8CA0AA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.027 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA0AA
RGB	rgb(140, 160, 170)
HSL	hsl(200, 15%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(200, 18%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 5.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.66, -4.83, -7.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.66, 8.96, 237.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.35% -0.0176 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(69.35% 0.027 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.6398, 33.6186, 42.8971)
Luminance	0.3362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA0AA #AA968C

analogous

#8CAAA5 #8CA0AA #8C91AA

triadic

#8CA0AA #AA8CA0 #A0AA8C

tetradic

#8CA0AA #A58CAA #AA968C #91AA8C

square

#8CA0AA #A58CAA #AA968C #91AA8C

split-complementary

#8CA0AA #AA8C91 #AAA58C

monochromatic

#50626C #6A838F #8CA0AA #AFBDC4 #D2DADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#8CA0AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#8CA0AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA0AA

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA0AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA0AA	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9FAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979BAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84A3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca0aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 160, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.027 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebcc3',
    500: '#8ca0aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca0aa;
$custom-light: #aebcc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca0aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 15,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69345,
    "c": 0.02694,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA0AA

secondary

#CFC7C3

accent

#664C99

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F7

border

#CED0D0

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA0AA

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

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