#8CA5BC#8CA5BC

#8CA5BC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.044 H 246.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA5BC
RGB	rgb(140, 165, 188)
HSL	hsl(209, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(209, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 12.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, -3.43, -14.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 15.08, 256.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.0176 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.044 246.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3449, 36.1154, 52.7813)
Luminance	0.3612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA5BC #BCA38C

analogous

#8CBCBB #8CA5BC #8C8DBC

triadic

#8CA5BC #BC8CA5 #A5BC8C

tetradic

#8CA5BC #BB8CBC #BCA38C #8DBC8C

square

#8CA5BC #BB8CBC #BCA38C #8DBC8C

split-complementary

#8CA5BC #BC8C8D #BCBB8C

monochromatic

#4C6882 #6587A5 #8CA5BC #B3C3D3 #D9E2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#8CA5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#8CA5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA5BC

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA5BC	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FAAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 165, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.044 246.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebfd0',
    500: '#8ca5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca5bc;
$custom-light: #aebfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.75,
    "s": 26.374,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71069,
    "c": 0.04378,
    "h": 246.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA5BC

secondary

#DAD2CA

accent

#7141A5

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA5BC

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

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