#8CA3BB#8CA3BB

#8CA3BB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.044 H 249.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA3BB
RGB	rgb(140, 163, 187)
HSL	hsl(211, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(211, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 12.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, -2.56, -15.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 15.22, 260.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% -0.0153 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.044 249.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8795, 35.3566, 52.0962)
Luminance	0.3536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA3BB #BBA48C

analogous

#8CBBBB #8CA3BB #8D8CBB

triadic

#8CA3BB #BB8CA3 #A3BB8C

tetradic

#8CA3BB #BB8CBB #BBA48C #8CBB8D

square

#8CA3BB #BB8CBB #BBA48C #8CBB8D

split-complementary

#8CA3BB #BB8D8C #BBBB8C

monochromatic

#4C6681 #6684A4 #8CA3BB #B2C2D2 #D9E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#8CA3BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#8CA3BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA3BB

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA3BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA3BB	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FA8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca3bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 163, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.044 249.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebecf',
    500: '#8ca3bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca3bb;
$custom-light: #aebecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca3bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.638,
    "s": 25.683,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.706,
    "c": 0.04369,
    "h": 249.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA3BB

secondary

#DAD2C9

accent

#7441A4

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA3BB

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

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