#8CA5BF#8CA5BF

#8CA5BF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.047 H 249.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA5BF
RGB	rgb(140, 165, 191)
HSL	hsl(211, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(211, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 13.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, -2.71, -16.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 16.42, 260.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% -0.0165 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.047 249.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.6716, 36.2461, 54.5022)
Luminance	0.3625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA5BF #BFA68C

analogous

#8CBFBF #8CA5BF #8C8CBF

triadic

#8CA5BF #BF8CA5 #A5BF8C

tetradic

#8CA5BF #BF8CBF #BFA68C #8CBF8C

square

#8CA5BF #BF8CBF #BFA68C #8CBF8C

split-complementary

#8CA5BF #BF8C8C #BFBF8C

monochromatic

#4B6886 #6586A9 #8CA5BF #B3C4D5 #DBE3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#8CA5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#8CA5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA5BF

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA5BF	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA5C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EABAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 165, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.047 249.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebfd2',
    500: '#8ca5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca5bf;
$custom-light: #aebfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.588,
    "s": 28.492,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71181,
    "c": 0.04727,
    "h": 249.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA5BF

secondary

#DCD4CB

accent

#743EA7

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA5BF

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

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