#8CA5AA#8CA5AA

#8CA5AA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.029 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA5AA
RGB	rgb(140, 165, 170)
HSL	hsl(190, 15%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(190, 18%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 2.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, -7.56, -5.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 9.34, 215.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.0246 -0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.029 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5241, 35.3871, 43.1919)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA5AA #AA918C

analogous

#8CAAA0 #8CA5AA #8C96AA

triadic

#8CA5AA #AA8CA5 #A5AA8C

tetradic

#8CA5AA #A08CAA #AA918C #96AA8C

square

#8CA5AA #A08CAA #AA918C #96AA8C

split-complementary

#8CA5AA #AA8C96 #AAA08C

monochromatic

#50676C #6A898F #8CA5AA #AFC1C4 #D2DCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#8CA5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#8CA5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA5AA

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA5AA	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A3AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9FAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83A8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 165, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.029 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebfc3',
    500: '#8ca5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca5aa;
$custom-light: #aebfc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 15,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70443,
    "c": 0.02879,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA5AA

secondary

#CFC5C3

accent

#594C99

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F7F7

border

#CED0D0

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA5AA

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

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