#8CA6BA#8CA6BA

#8CA6BA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.041 H 241.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA6BA
RGB	rgb(140, 166, 186)
HSL	hsl(206, 25%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(206, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 10.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, -4.45, -13.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 13.98, 251.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.0198 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.041 241.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3119, 36.3919, 51.7140)
Luminance	0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA6BA #BAA08C

analogous

#8CBAB7 #8CA6BA #8C8FBA

triadic

#8CA6BA #BA8CA6 #A6BA8C

tetradic

#8CA6BA #B78CBA #BAA08C #8FBA8C

square

#8CA6BA #B78CBA #BAA08C #8FBA8C

split-complementary

#8CA6BA #BA8C8F #BAB78C

monochromatic

#4C697F #6688A3 #8CA6BA #B2C4D1 #D9E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#8CA6BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#8CA6BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA6BA

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA6BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA6BA	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA5BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A0BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FABAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca6ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 166, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.041 241.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec0ce',
    500: '#8ca6ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca6ba;
$custom-light: #aec0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca6ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.087,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71213,
    "c": 0.04117,
    "h": 241.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA6BA

secondary

#D9D0C9

accent

#6C42A4

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA6BA

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

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