#8CA2BF#8CA2BF

#8CA2BF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.049 H 255.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA2BF
RGB	rgb(140, 162, 191)
HSL	hsl(214, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(214, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 15.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, -1.05, -17.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 17.47, 266.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% -0.0124 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.049 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1369, 35.1766, 54.3239)
Luminance	0.3518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA2BF #BFA98C

analogous

#8CBCBF #8CA2BF #908CBF

triadic

#8CA2BF #BF8CA2 #A2BF8C

tetradic

#8CA2BF #BF8CBC #BFA98C #8CBF90

square

#8CA2BF #BF8CBC #BFA98C #8CBF90

split-complementary

#8CA2BF #BF908C #BCBF8C

monochromatic

#4B6486 #6582A9 #8CA2BF #B3C2D5 #DBE2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#8CA2BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#8CA2BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA2BF

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA2BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA2BF	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A3C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EA8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca2bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 162, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.049 255.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebdd2',
    500: '#8ca2bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca2bf;
$custom-light: #aebdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca2bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.118,
    "s": 28.492,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70535,
    "c": 0.04932,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA2BF

secondary

#DCD5CB

accent

#7A3EA7

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA2BF

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

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