#8CA1BC#8CA1BC

#8CA1BC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.046 H 254.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA1BC
RGB	rgb(140, 161, 188)
HSL	hsl(214, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(214, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 14.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.51, -1.22, -16.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.51, 16.38, 265.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% -0.0121 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.046 254.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6347, 34.6950, 52.5445)
Luminance	0.3470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA1BC #BCA78C

analogous

#8CB9BC #8CA1BC #8F8CBC

triadic

#8CA1BC #BC8CA1 #A1BC8C

tetradic

#8CA1BC #BC8CB9 #BCA78C #8CBC8F

square

#8CA1BC #BC8CB9 #BCA78C #8CBC8F

split-complementary

#8CA1BC #BC8F8C #B9BC8C

monochromatic

#4C6382 #6581A5 #8CA1BC #B3C1D3 #D9E0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#8CA1BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#8CA1BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA1BC

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA1BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA1BC	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FA7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca1bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 161, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.046 254.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebcd0',
    500: '#8ca1bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca1bc;
$custom-light: #aebcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca1bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.75,
    "s": 26.374,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70206,
    "c": 0.04626,
    "h": 254.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA1BC

secondary

#DAD3CA

accent

#7941A5

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA1BC

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

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