#8CA3BD#8CA3BD

#8CA3BD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.046 H 251.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA3BD
RGB	rgb(140, 163, 189)
HSL	hsl(212, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(212, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 13.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, -2.09, -16.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 16.15, 262.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.0145 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.046 251.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0951, 35.4428, 53.2317)
Luminance	0.3544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA3BD #BDA68C

analogous

#8CBCBD #8CA3BD #8E8CBD

triadic

#8CA3BD #BD8CA3 #A3BD8C

tetradic

#8CA3BD #BD8CBC #BDA68C #8CBD8E

square

#8CA3BD #BD8CBC #BDA68C #8CBD8E

split-complementary

#8CA3BD #BD8E8C #BCBD8C

monochromatic

#4B6683 #6584A7 #8CA3BD #B3C2D3 #DAE1EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#8CA3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#8CA3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA3BD

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA3BD	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EA9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 163, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.046 251.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebed1',
    500: '#8ca3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca3bd;
$custom-light: #aebed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.837,
    "s": 27.072,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70674,
    "c": 0.04611,
    "h": 251.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA3BD

secondary

#DBD3CA

accent

#7640A6

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA3BD

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

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