#8CA0BF#8CA0BF

#8CA0BF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.051 H 259.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA0BF
RGB	rgb(140, 160, 191)
HSL	hsl(216, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(216, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 16.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, 0.06, -18.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 18.27, 270.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% -0.0097 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.051 259.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.7874, 34.4776, 54.2074)
Luminance	0.3448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA0BF #BFAB8C

analogous

#8CB9BF #8CA0BF #928CBF

triadic

#8CA0BF #BF8CA0 #A0BF8C

tetradic

#8CA0BF #BF8CB9 #BFAB8C #8CBF92

square

#8CA0BF #BF8CB9 #BFAB8C #8CBF92

split-complementary

#8CA0BF #BF928C #B9BF8C

monochromatic

#4B6286 #6580A9 #8CA0BF #B3C0D5 #DBE1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#8CA0BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#8CA0BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA0BF

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA0BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA0BF	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909CBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EA6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca0bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 160, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.051 259.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebcd2',
    500: '#8ca0bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca0bf;
$custom-light: #aebcd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca0bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.471,
    "s": 28.492,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70106,
    "c": 0.05095,
    "h": 259.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA0BF

secondary

#DCD5CB

accent

#7E3EA7

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA0BF

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

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