#8CA2BC#8CA2BC

#8CA2BC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.046 H 252.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA2BC
RGB	rgb(140, 162, 188)
HSL	hsl(213, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(213, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 13.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, -1.77, -15.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 16.02, 263.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% -0.0135 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.046 252.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8101, 35.0459, 52.6030)
Luminance	0.3505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA2BC #BCA68C

analogous

#8CBABC #8CA2BC #8E8CBC

triadic

#8CA2BC #BC8CA2 #A2BC8C

tetradic

#8CA2BC #BC8CBA #BCA68C #8CBC8E

square

#8CA2BC #BC8CBA #BCA68C #8CBC8E

split-complementary

#8CA2BC #BC8E8C #BABC8C

monochromatic

#4C6582 #6583A5 #8CA2BC #B3C1D3 #D9E1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#8CA2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#8CA2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA2BC

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA2BC	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FA8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 162, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.046 252.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebdd0',
    500: '#8ca2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca2bc;
$custom-light: #aebdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.5,
    "s": 26.374,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70421,
    "c": 0.04555,
    "h": 252.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA2BC

secondary

#DAD3CA

accent

#7741A5

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA2BC

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

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