#8CA5BB#8CA5BB

#8CA5BB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.043 H 245.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA5BB
RGB	rgb(140, 165, 187)
HSL	hsl(208, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(208, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 11.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, -3.66, -14.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 14.64, 255.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% -0.018 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.043 245)
XYZ	xyz(33.2375, 36.0724, 52.2155)
Luminance	0.3607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA5BB #BBA28C

analogous

#8CBBBA #8CA5BB #8C8EBB

triadic

#8CA5BB #BB8CA5 #A5BB8C

tetradic

#8CA5BB #BA8CBB #BBA28C #8EBB8C

square

#8CA5BB #BA8CBB #BBA28C #8EBB8C

split-complementary

#8CA5BB #BB8C8E #BBBA8C

monochromatic

#4C6881 #6687A4 #8CA5BB #B2C3D2 #D9E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#8CA5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#8CA5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA5BB

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA5BB	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FAAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 165, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.043 245.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebfcf',
    500: '#8ca5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca5bb;
$custom-light: #aebfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.085,
    "s": 25.683,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71033,
    "c": 0.04265,
    "h": 245
  },
  "luminance": 0.36074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA5BB

secondary

#DAD1C9

accent

#7041A4

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA5BB

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

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