#8CA2AB#8CA2AB

#8CA2AB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.028 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA2AB
RGB	rgb(140, 162, 171)
HSL	hsl(197, 16%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 18%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 5.3%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.24, -5.70, -7.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.24, 9.22, 231.77°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% -0.02 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.028 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.0843, 34.3556, 43.5137)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA2AB #AB958C

analogous

#8CABA4 #8CA2AB #8C92AB

triadic

#8CA2AB #AB8CA2 #A2AB8C

tetradic

#8CA2AB #A48CAB #AB958C #92AB8C

square

#8CA2AB #A48CAB #AB958C #92AB8C

split-complementary

#8CA2AB #AB8C92 #ABA48C

monochromatic

#50646D #698590 #8CA2AB #AFBFC5 #D3DBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#8CA2AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#8CA2AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA2AB

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA2AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA2AB	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA1AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989DAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca2ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 162, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.028 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebdc4',
    500: '#8ca2ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca2ab;
$custom-light: #aebdc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca2ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.419,
    "s": 15.578,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69816,
    "c": 0.028,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA2AB

secondary

#CFC7C4

accent

#624C9A

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA2AB

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

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