#8CA4BC#8CA4BC

#8CA4BC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.044 H 248.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA4BC
RGB	rgb(140, 164, 188)
HSL	hsl(210, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(210, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 12.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, -2.88, -15.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 15.37, 259.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.0163 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.044 248.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1652, 35.7561, 52.7214)
Luminance	0.3576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA4BC #BCA48C

analogous

#8CBCBC #8CA4BC #8C8CBC

triadic

#8CA4BC #BC8CA4 #A4BC8C

tetradic

#8CA4BC #BC8CBC #BCA48C #8CBC8C

square

#8CA4BC #BC8CBC #BCA48C #8CBC8C

split-complementary

#8CA4BC #BC8C8C #BCBC8C

monochromatic

#4C6782 #6585A5 #8CA4BC #B3C3D3 #D9E1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#8CA4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#8CA4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA4BC

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA4BC	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FA9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 164, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.044 248.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebed0',
    500: '#8ca4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca4bc;
$custom-light: #aebed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 26.374,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70853,
    "c": 0.04431,
    "h": 248.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA4BC

secondary

#DAD2CA

accent

#7341A5

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA4BC

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

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