#8CA1BF#8CA1BF

#8CA1BF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.050 H 257.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA1BF
RGB	rgb(140, 161, 191)
HSL	hsl(215, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(215, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 15.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, -0.49, -17.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 17.86, 268.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% -0.011 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.05 257.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9614, 34.8257, 54.2655)
Luminance	0.3483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA1BF #BFAA8C

analogous

#8CBBBF #8CA1BF #908CBF

triadic

#8CA1BF #BF8CA1 #A1BF8C

tetradic

#8CA1BF #BF8CBB #BFAA8C #8CBF90

square

#8CA1BF #BF8CBB #BFAA8C #8CBF90

split-complementary

#8CA1BF #BF908C #BBBF8C

monochromatic

#4B6386 #6581A9 #8CA1BF #B3C1D5 #DBE1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#8CA1BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#8CA1BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA1BF

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA1BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA1BF	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A2C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919DBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EA7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca1bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 161, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.050 257.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebcd2',
    500: '#8ca1bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca1bf;
$custom-light: #aebcd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca1bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.294,
    "s": 28.492,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7032,
    "c": 0.05011,
    "h": 257.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA1BF

secondary

#DCD5CB

accent

#7C3EA7

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA1BF

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

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