#8CA5BD#8CA5BD

#8CA5BD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.045 H 247.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA5BD
RGB	rgb(140, 165, 189)
HSL	hsl(209, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(209, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 12.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, -3.19, -15.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 15.52, 258.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.0173 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.045 247.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4531, 36.1587, 53.3510)
Luminance	0.3616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA5BD #BDA48C

analogous

#8CBDBD #8CA5BD #8C8DBD

triadic

#8CA5BD #BD8CA5 #A5BD8C

tetradic

#8CA5BD #BD8CBD #BDA48C #8DBD8C

square

#8CA5BD #BD8CBD #BDA48C #8DBD8C

split-complementary

#8CA5BD #BD8C8D #BDBD8C

monochromatic

#4B6883 #6587A7 #8CA5BD #B3C3D3 #DAE2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#8CA5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#8CA5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA5BD

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA5BD	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EABAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 165, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.045 247.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebfd0',
    500: '#8ca5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca5bd;
$custom-light: #aebfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.388,
    "s": 27.072,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71106,
    "c": 0.04493,
    "h": 247.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA5BD

secondary

#DBD2CA

accent

#7240A6

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA5BD

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

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