#8CA6BD#8CA6BD

#8CA6BD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.044 H 245.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA6BD
RGB	rgb(140, 166, 189)
HSL	hsl(208, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(208, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 12.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.92, -3.74, -14.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.92, 15.24, 255.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.0186 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.044 245.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6341, 36.5208, 53.4113)
Luminance	0.3652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA6BD #BDA38C

analogous

#8CBDBC #8CA6BD #8C8EBD

triadic

#8CA6BD #BD8CA6 #A6BD8C

tetradic

#8CA6BD #BC8CBD #BDA38C #8EBD8C

square

#8CA6BD #BC8CBD #BDA38C #8EBD8C

split-complementary

#8CA6BD #BD8C8E #BDBC8C

monochromatic

#4B6983 #6588A7 #8CA6BD #B3C4D3 #DAE2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#8CA6BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#8CA6BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA6BD

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA6BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA6BD	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)

#9DA6BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EABAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca6bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 166, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.044 245.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec0d0',
    500: '#8ca6bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca6bd;
$custom-light: #aec0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca6bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.163,
    "s": 27.072,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71323,
    "c": 0.04442,
    "h": 245.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA6BD

secondary

#DBD2CA

accent

#7040A6

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA6BD

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

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