#8CA2AC#8CA2AC

#8CA2AC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.029 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA2AC
RGB	rgb(140, 162, 172)
HSL	hsl(199, 16%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(199, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 5.8%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.27, -5.48, -7.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.27, 9.50, 234.76°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% -0.0196 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.029 227)
XYZ	xyz(31.1800, 34.3938, 44.0176)
Luminance	0.3439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA2AC #AC968C

analogous

#8CACA6 #8CA2AC #8C92AC

triadic

#8CA2AC #AC8CA2 #A2AC8C

tetradic

#8CA2AC #A68CAC #AC968C #92AC8C

square

#8CA2AC #A68CAC #AC968C #92AC8C

split-complementary

#8CA2AC #AC8C92 #ACA68C

monochromatic

#4F656E #698592 #8CA2AC #B0BFC6 #D3DBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#8CA2AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#8CA2AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA2AC

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA2AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA2AC	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA1AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989DAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca2ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 162, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.029 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebdc4',
    500: '#8ca2ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca2ac;
$custom-light: #aebdc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca2ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.75,
    "s": 16.162,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6985,
    "c": 0.02873,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.34395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA2AC

secondary

#D0C8C4

accent

#644B9A

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA2AC

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

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