#8CA2BD#8CA2BD

#8CA2BD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.047 H 253.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA2BD
RGB	rgb(140, 162, 189)
HSL	hsl(213, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(213, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 14.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, -1.53, -16.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 16.50, 264.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.0131 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.047 253.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9183, 35.0891, 53.1727)
Luminance	0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA2BD #BDA78C

analogous

#8CBBBD #8CA2BD #8F8CBD

triadic

#8CA2BD #BD8CA2 #A2BD8C

tetradic

#8CA2BD #BD8CBB #BDA78C #8CBD8F

square

#8CA2BD #BD8CBB #BDA78C #8CBD8F

split-complementary

#8CA2BD #BD8F8C #BBBD8C

monochromatic

#4B6483 #6583A7 #8CA2BD #B3C1D3 #DAE1EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#8CA2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#8CA2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA2BD

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA2BD	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FA8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 162, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.047 253.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebdd1',
    500: '#8ca2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca2bd;
$custom-light: #aebdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.061,
    "s": 27.072,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70459,
    "c": 0.04679,
    "h": 253.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA2BD

secondary

#DBD3CA

accent

#7840A6

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA2BD

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

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