#8CA4BF#8CA4BF

#8CA4BF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.048 H 251.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA4BF
RGB	rgb(140, 164, 191)
HSL	hsl(212, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(212, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 14.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, -2.16, -16.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 16.75, 262.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% -0.0152 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.048 251.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4920, 35.8868, 54.4423)
Luminance	0.3589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA4BF #BFA78C

analogous

#8CBEBF #8CA4BF #8E8CBF

triadic

#8CA4BF #BF8CA4 #A4BF8C

tetradic

#8CA4BF #BF8CBE #BFA78C #8CBF8E

square

#8CA4BF #BF8CBE #BFA78C #8CBF8E

split-complementary

#8CA4BF #BF8E8C #BEBF8C

monochromatic

#4B6786 #6585A9 #8CA4BF #B3C3D5 #DBE2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#8CA4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#8CA4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA4BF

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA4BF	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EAAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 164, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.048 251.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebed2',
    500: '#8ca4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca4bf;
$custom-light: #aebed2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.765,
    "s": 28.492,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70965,
    "c": 0.0479,
    "h": 251.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA4BF

secondary

#DCD4CB

accent

#763EA7

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA4BF

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

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