#8CA3AF#8CA3AF

#8CA3AF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.031 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA3AF
RGB	rgb(140, 163, 175)
HSL	hsl(201, 18%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(201, 20%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 6.9%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, -5.35, -8.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 10.37, 238.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% -0.0198 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.031 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6482, 34.8641, 45.6111)
Luminance	0.3487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA3AF #AF988C

analogous

#8CAFAA #8CA3AF #8C92AF

triadic

#8CA3AF #AF8CA3 #A3AF8C

tetradic

#8CA3AF #AA8CAF #AF988C #92AF8C

square

#8CA3AF #AA8CAF #AF988C #92AF8C

split-complementary

#8CA3AF #AF8C92 #AFAA8C

monochromatic

#4F6672 #688696 #8CA3AF #B0C0C8 #D4DDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#8CA3AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#8CA3AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA3AF

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA3AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA3AF	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA2B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989EAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca3af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 163, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.031 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebec6',
    500: '#8ca3af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca3af;
$custom-light: #aebec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca3af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.571,
    "s": 17.949,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70171,
    "c": 0.0312,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA3AF

secondary

#D2C9C5

accent

#66499C

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA3AF

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

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