#8CA0BD#8CA0BD

#8CA0BD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.048 H 257.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA0BD
RGB	rgb(140, 160, 189)
HSL	hsl(216, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(216, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 15.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.27, -0.42, -17.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.27, 17.26, 268.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% -0.0104 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.048 257.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5688, 34.3901, 53.0562)
Luminance	0.3439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA0BD #BDA98C

analogous

#8CB9BD #8CA0BD #918CBD

triadic

#8CA0BD #BD8CA0 #A0BD8C

tetradic

#8CA0BD #BD8CB9 #BDA98C #8CBD91

square

#8CA0BD #BD8CB9 #BDA98C #8CBD91

split-complementary

#8CA0BD #BD918C #B9BD8C

monochromatic

#4B6283 #6580A7 #8CA0BD #B3C0D3 #DAE0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#8CA0BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#8CA0BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA0BD

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA0BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA0BD	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A1BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FA6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca0bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 160, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.048 257.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebcd1',
    500: '#8ca0bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca0bd;
$custom-light: #aebcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca0bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.51,
    "s": 27.072,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70029,
    "c": 0.04834,
    "h": 257.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA0BD

secondary

#DBD4CA

accent

#7C40A6

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA0BD

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

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