#8CA2BE#8CA2BE

#8CA2BE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.048 H 254.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA2BE
RGB	rgb(140, 162, 190)
HSL	hsl(214, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(214, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 14.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, -1.29, -16.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 16.99, 265.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.5% -0.0128 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(70.5% 0.048 254.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0272, 35.1327, 53.7464)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA2BE #BEA88C

analogous

#8CBBBE #8CA2BE #8F8CBE

triadic

#8CA2BE #BE8CA2 #A2BE8C

tetradic

#8CA2BE #BE8CBB #BEA88C #8CBE8F

square

#8CA2BE #BE8CBB #BEA88C #8CBE8F

split-complementary

#8CA2BE #BE8F8C #BBBE8C

monochromatic

#4B6485 #6582A8 #8CA2BE #B3C2D4 #DAE1EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#8CA2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#8CA2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA2BE

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA2BE	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A3BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EA8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 162, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.048 254.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebdd1',
    500: '#8ca2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca2be;
$custom-light: #aebdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.6,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70497,
    "c": 0.04805,
    "h": 254.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA2BE

secondary

#DBD4CA

accent

#793FA6

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA2BE

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

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