#8CA0BB#8CA0BB

#8CA0BB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.046 H 256.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA0BB
RGB	rgb(140, 160, 187)
HSL	hsl(214, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(214, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 14.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, -0.90, -16.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 16.27, 266.82°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% -0.0111 -0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.046 256)
XYZ	xyz(32.3532, 34.3039, 51.9208)
Luminance	0.3431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA0BB #BBA78C

analogous

#8CB8BB #8CA0BB #908CBB

triadic

#8CA0BB #BB8CA0 #A0BB8C

tetradic

#8CA0BB #BB8CB8 #BBA78C #8CBB90

square

#8CA0BB #BB8CB8 #BBA78C #8CBB90

split-complementary

#8CA0BB #BB908C #B8BB8C

monochromatic

#4C6281 #6680A4 #8CA0BB #B2C0D2 #D9E0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#8CA0BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#8CA0BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA0BB

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA0BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA0BB	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929CBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FA6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca0bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 160, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.046 256.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebccf',
    500: '#8ca0bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca0bb;
$custom-light: #aebccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca0bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.468,
    "s": 25.683,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69953,
    "c": 0.04574,
    "h": 256
  },
  "luminance": 0.34305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA0BB

secondary

#DAD3C9

accent

#7A41A4

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA0BB

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

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