#8CA2AA#8CA2AA

#8CA2AA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.027 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA2AA
RGB	rgb(140, 162, 170)
HSL	hsl(196, 15%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 18%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 4.7%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, -5.93, -6.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 8.96, 228.62°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% -0.0204 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.027 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9893, 34.3176, 43.0136)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA2AA #AA948C

analogous

#8CAAA3 #8CA2AA #8C93AA

triadic

#8CA2AA #AA8CA2 #A2AA8C

tetradic

#8CA2AA #A38CAA #AA948C #93AA8C

square

#8CA2AA #A38CAA #AA948C #93AA8C

split-complementary

#8CA2AA #AA8C93 #AAA38C

monochromatic

#50646C #6A858F #8CA2AA #AFBEC4 #D2DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#8CA2AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#8CA2AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA2AA

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA2AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA2AA	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)

#9DA1AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989DAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84A5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca2aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 162, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.027 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebdc3',
    500: '#8ca2aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca2aa;
$custom-light: #aebdc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca2aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 15,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69783,
    "c": 0.02734,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA2AA

secondary

#CFC6C3

accent

#614C99

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F7

border

#CED0D0

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA2AA

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

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