#8CA6BB#8CA6BB

#8CA6BB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.042 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA6BB
RGB	rgb(140, 166, 187)
HSL	hsl(207, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(207, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 11.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, -4.21, -13.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 14.39, 252.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% -0.0194 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.042 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.4185, 36.4346, 52.2759)
Luminance	0.3644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA6BB #BBA18C

analogous

#8CBBB9 #8CA6BB #8C8FBB

triadic

#8CA6BB #BB8CA6 #A6BB8C

tetradic

#8CA6BB #B98CBB #BBA18C #8FBB8C

square

#8CA6BB #B98CBB #BBA18C #8FBB8C

split-complementary

#8CA6BB #BB8C8F #BBB98C

monochromatic

#4C6981 #6688A4 #8CA6BB #B2C4D2 #D9E2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#8CA6BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#8CA6BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA6BB

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA6BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA6BB	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FABAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca6bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 166, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.042 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec0cf',
    500: '#8ca6bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca6bb;
$custom-light: #aec0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca6bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.809,
    "s": 25.683,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7125,
    "c": 0.04224,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA6BB

secondary

#DAD1C9

accent

#6D41A4

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA6BB

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

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