#8CA5BE#8CA5BE

#8CA5BE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.046 H 248.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA5BE
RGB	rgb(140, 165, 190)
HSL	hsl(210, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(210, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.67, -2.95, -15.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.67, 15.97, 259.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.0169 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.046 248.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.5620, 36.2022, 53.9246)
Luminance	0.3620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA5BE #BEA58C

analogous

#8CBEBE #8CA5BE #8C8CBE

triadic

#8CA5BE #BE8CA5 #A5BE8C

tetradic

#8CA5BE #BE8CBE #BEA58C #8CBE8C

square

#8CA5BE #BE8CBE #BEA58C #8CBE8C

split-complementary

#8CA5BE #BE8C8C #BEBE8C

monochromatic

#4B6885 #6586A8 #8CA5BE #B3C4D4 #DAE2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#8CA5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#8CA5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA5BE

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA5BE	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EABAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 165, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.046 248.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebfd1',
    500: '#8ca5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca5be;
$custom-light: #aebfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71143,
    "c": 0.04608,
    "h": 248.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA5BE

secondary

#DBD3CA

accent

#733FA6

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA5BE

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

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