#8CA3AC#8CA3AC

#8CA3AC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.029 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA3AC
RGB	rgb(140, 163, 172)
HSL	hsl(197, 16%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 5.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, -6.03, -7.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 9.50, 230.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% -0.021 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.029 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3568, 34.7475, 44.0766)
Luminance	0.3475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA3AC #AC958C

analogous

#8CACA5 #8CA3AC #8C93AC

triadic

#8CA3AC #AC8CA3 #A3AC8C

tetradic

#8CA3AC #A58CAC #AC958C #93AC8C

square

#8CA3AC #A58CAC #AC958C #93AC8C

split-complementary

#8CA3AC #AC8C93 #ACA58C

monochromatic

#4F666E #698692 #8CA3AC #B0BFC6 #D3DCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#8CA3AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#8CA3AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA3AC

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA3AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA3AC	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA2AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999DAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca3ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 163, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.029 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebec4',
    500: '#8ca3ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca3ac;
$custom-light: #aebec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca3ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.875,
    "s": 16.162,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70069,
    "c": 0.02893,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA3AC

secondary

#D0C7C4

accent

#614B9A

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA3AC

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

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