#8CA3BF#8CA3BF

#8CA3BF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.049 H 253.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA3BF
RGB	rgb(140, 163, 191)
HSL	hsl(213, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(213, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 14.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, -1.60, -17.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 17.10, 264.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.0138 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.049 253.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.3137, 35.5303, 54.3829)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA3BF #BFA88C

analogous

#8CBDBF #8CA3BF #8E8CBF

triadic

#8CA3BF #BF8CA3 #A3BF8C

tetradic

#8CA3BF #BF8CBD #BFA88C #8CBF8E

square

#8CA3BF #BF8CBD #BFA88C #8CBF8E

split-complementary

#8CA3BF #BF8E8C #BDBF8C

monochromatic

#4B6586 #6584A9 #8CA3BF #B3C2D5 #DBE2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#8CA3BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#8CA3BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA3BF

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA3BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA3BF	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A4C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939FBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EA9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 163, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.049 253.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebed2',
    500: '#8ca3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca3bf;
$custom-light: #aebed2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.941,
    "s": 28.492,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7075,
    "c": 0.04858,
    "h": 253.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA3BF

secondary

#DCD4CB

accent

#783EA7

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA3BF

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

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