#8CA3BC#8CA3BC

#8CA3BC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.045 H 250.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA3BC
RGB	rgb(140, 163, 188)
HSL	hsl(211, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(211, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 13.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, -2.33, -15.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 15.68, 261.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% -0.0149 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.045 250.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9870, 35.3996, 52.6620)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA3BC #BCA58C

analogous

#8CBBBC #8CA3BC #8D8CBC

triadic

#8CA3BC #BC8CA3 #A3BC8C

tetradic

#8CA3BC #BC8CBB #BCA58C #8CBC8D

square

#8CA3BC #BC8CBB #BCA58C #8CBC8D

split-complementary

#8CA3BC #BC8D8C #BBBC8C

monochromatic

#4C6682 #6584A5 #8CA3BC #B3C2D3 #D9E1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#8CA3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#8CA3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA3BC

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA3BC	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FA9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 163, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.045 250.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebed0',
    500: '#8ca3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca3bc;
$custom-light: #aebed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.25,
    "s": 26.374,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70637,
    "c": 0.04489,
    "h": 250.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA3BC

secondary

#DAD2CA

accent

#7541A5

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA3BC

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

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