#8CA7BE#8CA7BE

#8CA7BE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.045 H 244.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA7BE
RGB	rgb(140, 167, 190)
HSL	hsl(208, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(208, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 12.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, -4.05, -14.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 15.41, 254.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.0196 -0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.045 244.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9255, 36.9294, 54.0458)
Luminance	0.3693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA7BE #BEA38C

analogous

#8CBEBC #8CA7BE #8C8EBE

triadic

#8CA7BE #BE8CA7 #A7BE8C

tetradic

#8CA7BE #BC8CBE #BEA38C #8EBE8C

square

#8CA7BE #BC8CBE #BEA38C #8EBE8C

split-complementary

#8CA7BE #BE8C8E #BEBC8C

monochromatic

#4B6A85 #6589A8 #8CA7BE #B3C5D4 #DAE3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#8CA7BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#8CA7BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA7BE

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA7BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA7BE	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA7BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca7be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 167, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.045 244.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec1d1',
    500: '#8ca7be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca7be;
$custom-light: #aec1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca7be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.6,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71576,
    "c": 0.04509,
    "h": 244.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA7BE

secondary

#DBD2CA

accent

#6F3FA6

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA7BE

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

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