#8CA3BE#8CA3BE

#8CA3BE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.047 H 252.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA3BE
RGB	rgb(140, 163, 190)
HSL	hsl(212, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(212, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 14.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.13, -1.85, -16.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.13, 16.63, 263.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.0142 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.047 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2041, 35.4864, 53.8053)
Luminance	0.3549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA3BE #BEA78C

analogous

#8CBCBE #8CA3BE #8E8CBE

triadic

#8CA3BE #BE8CA3 #A3BE8C

tetradic

#8CA3BE #BE8CBC #BEA78C #8CBE8E

square

#8CA3BE #BE8CBC #BEA78C #8CBE8E

split-complementary

#8CA3BE #BE8E8C #BCBE8C

monochromatic

#4B6585 #6584A8 #8CA3BE #B3C2D4 #DAE2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#8CA3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#8CA3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA3BE

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA3BE	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EA9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 163, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.047 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebed1',
    500: '#8ca3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca3be;
$custom-light: #aebed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.4,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70712,
    "c": 0.04734,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA3BE

secondary

#DBD4CA

accent

#773FA6

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA3BE

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

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