#8CA8BC#8CA8BC

#8CA8BC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.043 H 239.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA8BC
RGB	rgb(140, 168, 188)
HSL	hsl(205, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(205, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 10.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, -5.07, -13.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 14.36, 249.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.0218 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.043 239.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8923, 37.2103, 52.9638)
Luminance	0.3721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA8BC #BCA08C

analogous

#8CBCB8 #8CA8BC #8C90BC

triadic

#8CA8BC #BC8CA8 #A8BC8C

tetradic

#8CA8BC #B88CBC #BCA08C #90BC8C

square

#8CA8BC #B88CBC #BCA08C #90BC8C

split-complementary

#8CA8BC #BC8C90 #BCB88C

monochromatic

#4C6B82 #658BA5 #8CA8BC #B3C5D3 #D9E3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#8CA8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#8CA8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA8BC

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA8BC	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 168, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.043 239.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec1d0',
    500: '#8ca8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca8bc;
$custom-light: #aec1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 26.374,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71721,
    "c": 0.04261,
    "h": 239.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA8BC

secondary

#DAD1CA

accent

#6A41A5

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA8BC

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

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