#8CA8BB#8CA8BB

#8CA8BB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.042 H 237.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA8BB
RGB	rgb(140, 168, 187)
HSL	hsl(204, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(204, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 10.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, -5.31, -12.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 13.98, 247.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.0221 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.042 237.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7849, 37.1674, 52.3980)
Luminance	0.3717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA8BB #BB9F8C

analogous

#8CBBB7 #8CA8BB #8C91BB

triadic

#8CA8BB #BB8CA8 #A8BB8C

tetradic

#8CA8BB #B78CBB #BB9F8C #91BB8C

square

#8CA8BB #B78CBB #BB9F8C #91BB8C

split-complementary

#8CA8BB #BB8C91 #BBB78C

monochromatic

#4C6B81 #668BA4 #8CA8BB #B2C5D2 #D9E2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#8CA8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#8CA8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA8BB

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA8BB	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)

#A0A7BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 168, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.042 237.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec1cf',
    500: '#8ca8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca8bb;
$custom-light: #aec1cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.255,
    "s": 25.683,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71685,
    "c": 0.04161,
    "h": 237.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA8BB

secondary

#DAD0C9

accent

#6941A4

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA8BB

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

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