#8CA6BF#8CA6BF

#8CA6BF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.047 H 247.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA6BF
RGB	rgb(140, 166, 191)
HSL	hsl(209, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(209, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 13.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, -3.26, -15.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 16.12, 258.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.0179 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.047 247.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8527, 36.6083, 54.5626)
Luminance	0.3661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA6BF #BFA58C

analogous

#8CBFBF #8CA6BF #8C8CBF

triadic

#8CA6BF #BF8CA6 #A6BF8C

tetradic

#8CA6BF #BF8CBF #BFA58C #8CBF8C

square

#8CA6BF #BF8CBF #BFA58C #8CBF8C

split-complementary

#8CA6BF #BF8C8C #BFBF8C

monochromatic

#4B6986 #6588A9 #8CA6BF #B3C4D5 #DBE3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#8CA6BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#8CA6BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA6BF

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA6BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA6BF	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA6C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A1BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca6bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 166, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.047 247.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec0d2',
    500: '#8ca6bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca6bf;
$custom-light: #aec0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca6bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.412,
    "s": 28.492,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71397,
    "c": 0.0467,
    "h": 247.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA6BF

secondary

#DCD3CB

accent

#723EA7

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA6BF

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

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