#8CA2AE#8CA2AE

#8CA2AE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.030 H 231.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA2AE
RGB	rgb(140, 162, 174)
HSL	hsl(201, 17%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(201, 20%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 6.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, -5.03, -8.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 10.12, 240.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.92% -0.0188 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(69.92% 0.03 231.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3735, 34.4712, 45.0368)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA2AE #AE988C

analogous

#8CAEA9 #8CA2AE #8C91AE

triadic

#8CA2AE #AE8CA2 #A2AE8C

tetradic

#8CA2AE #A98CAE #AE988C #91AE8C

square

#8CA2AE #A98CAE #AE988C #91AE8C

split-complementary

#8CA2AE #AE8C91 #AEA98C

monochromatic

#4F6570 #688594 #8CA2AE #B0BFC7 #D4DCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#8CA2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#8CA2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA2AE

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA2AE	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA1AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 162, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.030 231.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebdc6',
    500: '#8ca2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca2ae;
$custom-light: #aebdc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.176,
    "s": 17.347,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69918,
    "c": 0.03034,
    "h": 231.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA2AE

secondary

#D1C9C5

accent

#674A9C

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA2AE

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

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