#8CA7CB#8CA7CB

#8CA7CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.061 H 255.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA7CB
RGB	rgb(140, 167, 203)
HSL	hsl(214, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(214, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 17.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, -0.86, -21.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 21.41, 267.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.015 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.061 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4102, 37.5233, 61.8653)
Luminance	0.3752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA7CB #CBB08C

analogous

#8CC7CB #8CA7CB #918CCB

triadic

#8CA7CB #CB8CA7 #A7CB8C

tetradic

#8CA7CB #CB8CC7 #CBB08C #8CCB91

square

#8CA7CB #CB8CC7 #CBB08C #8CCB91

split-complementary

#8CA7CB #CB918C #C7CB8C

monochromatic

#456898 #6287B8 #8CA7CB #B6C7DE #E0E7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#8CA7CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#8CA7CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA7CB

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA7CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA7CB	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79AFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca7cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 167, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.061 255.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc1db',
    500: '#8ca7cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca7cb;
$custom-light: #afc1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca7cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 37.725,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72072,
    "c": 0.06071,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA7CB

secondary

#E3DBCF

accent

#7C35B1

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F7FA

border

#CFD0D3

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA7CB

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

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