#8CA5C5#8CA5C5

#8CA5C5 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.055 H 254.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA5C5
RGB	rgb(140, 165, 197)
HSL	hsl(214, 33%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(214, 29%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 16.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, -1.25, -19.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 19.26, 266.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% -0.0144 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.055 254.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3455, 36.5157, 58.0511)
Luminance	0.3652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA5C5 #C5AC8C

analogous

#8CC1C5 #8CA5C5 #8F8CC5

triadic

#8CA5C5 #C58CA5 #A5C58C

tetradic

#8CA5C5 #C58CC1 #C5AC8C #8CC58F

square

#8CA5C5 #C58CC1 #C5AC8C #8CC58F

split-complementary

#8CA5C5 #C58F8C #C1C58C

monochromatic

#48678F #6385B0 #8CA5C5 #B5C5DA #DDE5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#8CA5C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#8CA5C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA5C5

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA5C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA5C5	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA6C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A0C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca5c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 165, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.055 254.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbfd6',
    500: '#8ca5c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca5c5;
$custom-light: #afbfd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca5c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.684,
    "s": 32.948,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71409,
    "c": 0.05465,
    "h": 254.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA5C5

secondary

#E0D8CD

accent

#7A3AAC

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F7FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA5C5

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

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