#8CA4BD#8CA4BD

#8CA4BD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.045 H 249.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA4BD
RGB	rgb(140, 164, 189)
HSL	hsl(211, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(211, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, -2.64, -15.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 15.82, 260.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% -0.0159 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.045 249.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2734, 35.7994, 53.2911)
Luminance	0.3580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA4BD #BDA58C

analogous

#8CBDBD #8CA4BD #8D8CBD

triadic

#8CA4BD #BD8CA4 #A4BD8C

tetradic

#8CA4BD #BD8CBD #BDA58C #8CBD8D

square

#8CA4BD #BD8CBD #BDA58C #8CBD8D

split-complementary

#8CA4BD #BD8D8C #BDBD8C

monochromatic

#4B6783 #6585A7 #8CA4BD #B3C3D3 #DAE2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#8CA4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#8CA4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA4BD

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA4BD	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EAAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 164, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.045 249.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebed0',
    500: '#8ca4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca4bd;
$custom-light: #aebed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.612,
    "s": 27.072,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7089,
    "c": 0.04548,
    "h": 249.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA4BD

secondary

#DBD3CA

accent

#7440A6

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA4BD

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

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