#8CA6CA#8CA6CA

#8CA6CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.060 H 256.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA6CA
RGB	rgb(140, 166, 202)
HSL	hsl(215, 37%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(215, 31%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 17.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, -0.56, -21.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 21.32, 268.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.014 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.06 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1090, 37.1108, 61.1789)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA6CA #CAB08C

analogous

#8CC5CA #8CA6CA #918CCA

triadic

#8CA6CA #CA8CA6 #A6CA8C

tetradic

#8CA6CA #CA8CC5 #CAB08C #8CCA91

square

#8CA6CA #CA8CC5 #CAB08C #8CCA91

split-complementary

#8CA6CA #CA918C #C5CA8C

monochromatic

#456796 #6286B7 #8CA6CA #B6C6DD #E0E7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#8CA6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#8CA6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA6CA

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA6CA	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A1C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AAEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 166, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.060 256.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc0da',
    500: '#8ca6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca6ca;
$custom-light: #afc0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.839,
    "s": 36.905,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71819,
    "c": 0.06023,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA6CA

secondary

#E3DACF

accent

#7D36B0

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F7FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA6CA

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

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