#8CA2AF#8CA2AF

#8CA2AF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.031 H 233.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA2AF
RGB	rgb(140, 162, 175)
HSL	hsl(202, 18%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(202, 20%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 7.4%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.37, -4.80, -9.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.37, 10.46, 242.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% -0.0184 -0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.031 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4713, 34.5104, 45.5522)
Luminance	0.3451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA2AF #AF998C

analogous

#8CAFAB #8CA2AF #8C91AF

triadic

#8CA2AF #AF8CA2 #A2AF8C

tetradic

#8CA2AF #AB8CAF #AF998C #91AF8C

square

#8CA2AF #AB8CAF #AF998C #91AF8C

split-complementary

#8CA2AF #AF8C91 #AFAB8C

monochromatic

#4F6572 #688596 #8CA2AF #B0BFC8 #D4DCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#8CA2AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#8CA2AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA2AF

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA2AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA2AF	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA1B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979DAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca2af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 162, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.031 233.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebdc6',
    500: '#8ca2af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca2af;
$custom-light: #aebdc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca2af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.286,
    "s": 17.949,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69953,
    "c": 0.03122,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA2AF

secondary

#D2CAC5

accent

#68499C

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA2AF

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

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