#8CA3AA#8CA3AA

#8CA3AA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.028 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA3AA
RGB	rgb(140, 163, 170)
HSL	hsl(194, 15%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(194, 18%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 4.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.49, -6.47, -6.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.49, 9.04, 224.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70% -0.0218 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.028 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.1662, 34.6713, 43.0726)
Luminance	0.3467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA3AA #AA938C

analogous

#8CAAA2 #8CA3AA #8C94AA

triadic

#8CA3AA #AA8CA3 #A3AA8C

tetradic

#8CA3AA #A28CAA #AA938C #94AA8C

square

#8CA3AA #A28CAA #AA938C #94AA8C

split-complementary

#8CA3AA #AA8C94 #AAA28C

monochromatic

#50656C #6A868F #8CA3AA #AFBFC4 #D2DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#8CA3AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#8CA3AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA3AA

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA3AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA3AA	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA1AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999DAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84A6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca3aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 163, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.028 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebec3',
    500: '#8ca3aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca3aa;
$custom-light: #aebec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca3aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194,
    "s": 15,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70002,
    "c": 0.02772,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA3AA

secondary

#CFC6C3

accent

#5E4C99

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F7

border

#CED0D0

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA3AA

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

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