#8CA4BB#8CA4BB

#8CA4BB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.043 H 247.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA4BB
RGB	rgb(140, 164, 187)
HSL	hsl(209, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(209, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 12.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, -3.12, -14.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 14.92, 257.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.0166 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.043 247.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0578, 35.7131, 52.1556)
Luminance	0.3571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA4BB #BBA38C

analogous

#8CBBBB #8CA4BB #8C8DBB

triadic

#8CA4BB #BB8CA4 #A4BB8C

tetradic

#8CA4BB #BB8CBB #BBA38C #8DBB8C

square

#8CA4BB #BB8CBB #BBA38C #8DBB8C

split-complementary

#8CA4BB #BB8C8D #BBBB8C

monochromatic

#4C6781 #6686A4 #8CA4BB #B2C2D2 #D9E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#8CA4BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#8CA4BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA4BB

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA4BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA4BB	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FA9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca4bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 164, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.043 247.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebecf',
    500: '#8ca4bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca4bb;
$custom-light: #aebecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca4bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.362,
    "s": 25.683,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70816,
    "c": 0.04314,
    "h": 247.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA4BB

secondary

#DAD1C9

accent

#7241A4

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA4BB

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

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