#8CA2BA#8CA2BA

#8CA2BA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.043 H 250.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA2BA
RGB	rgb(140, 162, 186)
HSL	hsl(211, 25%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(211, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 12.9%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.72, -2.25, -14.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.72, 15.08, 261.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% -0.0142 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.043 250.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5960, 34.9602, 51.4754)
Luminance	0.3496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA2BA #BAA48C

analogous

#8CB9BA #8CA2BA #8D8CBA

triadic

#8CA2BA #BA8CA2 #A2BA8C

tetradic

#8CA2BA #BA8CB9 #BAA48C #8CBA8D

square

#8CA2BA #BA8CB9 #BAA48C #8CBA8D

split-complementary

#8CA2BA #BA8D8C #B9BA8C

monochromatic

#4C657F #6683A3 #8CA2BA #B2C1D1 #D9E0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#8CA2BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#8CA2BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA2BA

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA2BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA2BA	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A2BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FA7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca2ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 162, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.043 250.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebdce',
    500: '#8ca2ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca2ba;
$custom-light: #aebdce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca2ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.304,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70347,
    "c": 0.0431,
    "h": 250.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA2BA

secondary

#D9D1C9

accent

#7542A4

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA2BA

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

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