#8CA8BA#8CA8BA

#8CA8BA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.041 H 236.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA8BA
RGB	rgb(140, 168, 186)
HSL	hsl(203, 25%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(203, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 9.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, -5.54, -12.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 13.60, 245.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.0225 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.041 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6782, 37.1247, 51.8362)
Luminance	0.3713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA8BA #BA9E8C

analogous

#8CBAB5 #8CA8BA #8C91BA

triadic

#8CA8BA #BA8CA8 #A8BA8C

tetradic

#8CA8BA #B58CBA #BA9E8C #91BA8C

square

#8CA8BA #B58CBA #BA9E8C #91BA8C

split-complementary

#8CA8BA #BA8C91 #BAB58C

monochromatic

#4C6B7F #668BA3 #8CA8BA #B2C5D1 #D9E2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#8CA8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#8CA8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA8BA

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA8BA	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A7BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA2BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 168, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.041 236.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec1ce',
    500: '#8ca8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca8ba;
$custom-light: #aec1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.478,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71649,
    "c": 0.04065,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA8BA

secondary

#D9CFC9

accent

#6842A4

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA8BA

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

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